====== Resources : Etymology ======

Resources concerning etymology and etymological roots of terms, expressions and idioms. 

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==== Recommended resources ====

**[[http://www.etymonline.com/|The Online Etymology Dictionary]]** - Useful if you're trying to create your own plausible alternate terms. 

**[[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/main.cgi|StarLing Etymological Database]]** - A very complete database with five millennia of reconstructed languages. 

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284346|Official Alternate Terminology Advice Thread]]**

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==== General discussions ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=146466|"What's In a Name? Origins and Alternates of Ethnonyms" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243788|"Different names for entire regions or countries" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=235736|"Bizarre etymologies of common everyday words" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=332346|ATL meanings for OTL terms]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246217|"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=283971|Alternate Names for Airplane and Airport]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211167|"Other terms for Republic" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=160522|"Your (isolated) alternate terminology ideas" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248484|"The Words English Owes to India" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=213069|"A sandwich by another name..." thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=378478|"A Bridge Too Far" and other idioms]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=215189|When was the "SH" sound introduced to English ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=362|Alternate Names for the Americas (1)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8484|Alternate Names for the Americas (2)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=353312|Alternate Names for the Americas (3)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=153981|Alternate Names for the Americas (4)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=320279|Arab names for America]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=341559|Challenge: Alternate name for "America"]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=155665|Alternate Names for USA]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=132570|Alternate Names for English Colonies in America]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=151055|Alternate Names for Modern Countries]]**

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==== Dedicated wiki pages ====

**[[alternate history:Alternate Terminology]]** - Examples of alternate etymologies for various cultural and technological concepts, as seen in AH works and AH.com timelines and scenarios. 

**[[alternate history:Alternate Geographic Names]]** - Examples of alternate etymologies for various geographic names, as seen in AH works and AH.com timelines and scenarios. 

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