''The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' is an

etymological dictionary An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' and ''Webster's'', will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. E ...

of the English language, published by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

. The first editor of the dictionary was Charles Talbut Onions, who spent his last twenty years largely devoted to completing the first edition, published in 1966, which treated over 38,000 words and went to press just before his death.

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* C. T. Onions, ed.; edited by C. T. Onions with the assistance of G. W. S. Friedrichsen and

R. W. Burchfield Robert William Burchfield CNZM, CBE (27 January 1923 – 5 July 2004) was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' for thirty years to 1986, and was chief editor from 1971. Education and career Born in W ...

(1966, reprinted 1983, 1992, 1994) Also published by OUP: *''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English language'' **T. F. Hoad (1986) **T. F. Hoad (1993) *''An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'' ** W. W. Skeat (1910; reprint 1963; now in the public domain)

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