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Life & fun · January 5, 2018

Etymap – interactive visualization of Wiktionary words and etymologies

Interactive visualization of Wiktionary words and etymologies. - zifeo/Etymap

Etymap – interactive visualization of Wiktionary words and etymologies launched on January 5, 2018 with 54 votes, #787 of 3,021 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

In plain words

Etymap is an interactive visualization tool that maps words and their etymologies from Wiktionary data. It allows users to explore the origins and relationships between words through an interactive interface. The tool is designed for language enthusiasts, students, and anyone curious about word origins and linguistic connections. It presents etymology data in a visual format that makes tracing word histories and cross-language relationships more intuitive and engaging than traditional dictionary lookups.

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