Online Etymology Dictionary

Online Etymology Dictionary

Screenshot of the homepage in 2007
Type of business	Private
Type of site	Etymological dictionary
Available in	English
Founded	c. 2000
Headquarters	Lancaster, Pennsylvania , United States
Owner	Harper Family LLC
Key people	Douglas Harper (Founder) Dan McCormack (web design and coding)
Employees	1
URL	www.etymonline.com
Registration	no
Current status	active

The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.^[1]