Etymology Explorer

Name: Etymology Explorer
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.789473533630371 (1469 reviews)
Author: Mountain Dev

Mountain Dev

Contains adsIn-app purchases

4.8

1.47K reviews

10K+

Downloads

PEGI 3

About this app

Etymology Explorer is the word origin app you've been waiting your whole life for!

Features include:
• Visual map of word origins
• Connections between etymologically related words (e.g. acrobat and acronym)
• Etymology in full written form
• Word definition, translation, transliteration, language, and pronunciation
• Favorite words and connections to remember for later

I would love to hear your feedback on how to improve the app, so please let me know if there are any issues or what features you want next!

Ever wonder if the words album and albino are related? They are! Download the app and you'll find out how.

Updated on

Aug 7, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Personal info, Messages and 3 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8

1.4K reviews

Andrew Pimpo

March 12, 2025

Use the app all the time to look up words I don't know. I'm not a professional Linguist, but, the details are great, and I don't think I've ever needed a secondary source that had data that this app didnt. I'll also comment that the app's design is great - no nonsense, just displays the data you want. Lots of apps these days like to get in your way and add BS nobody asked for. This one just delivers a good lookup tool, and that's all it needs to do.

John Perry

September 19, 2024

This program started great and has only grown better over time: more languages, a word of the day, etc. I thoroughly enjoy it. UPDATED: recently this added a word of the day quiz, which sounds great but doesn't work. Every day at the same time of day I receive 10 notifications about the first WOTD quiz. If I visit the app and select that feature it shows me a quiz but gives neither a word nor the text for the 4 selections. Filed a bug but no response. After months of this, down to 4 stars.

1 person found this review helpful

Mountain Dev

March 15, 2021

Thanks so much for your review! I'm so glad that you enjoy the app. I've just released a new version with more features so please check it out. If you get a chance please share the app with your word friends! Don’t hesitate to shoot me a note at dev@etymologyexplorer.com if you have any ideas for new features or just want to chat etymologies.

MissC MissC

October 28, 2022

Great app! Easy to use: I can glance at the word and its brief etymological description in my notification panel, and if I want to explore that word further, I can click to go to the app for more on that word than one could ever dream of (!), I can add it to a favorite list(!),search for other words, click to see the word(s) of the day, and ohhhhh, sooooo much more! (Read the About page!!) Yes, my friend, you can nerd out on words here in a fun and easy way!!! And Premium's just $10/year!!!

2 people found this review helpful

Mountain Dev

October 31, 2022

Thanks for the wonderful review, MissC! It's awesome to know that you're loving my app. Your support means a lot! When you can, please recommend the app to your word friends, and don’t hesitate to shoot me a note at dev@etymologyexplorer.com if you have any questions. Thanks again.