Etymological Resources

LATIN

The most up-to-date and reliable source for Latin etymologies is:

Vaan, Michiel de. 2008. Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages. Leiden; Boston: Brill. HOLLIS Record

Earlier coverage is available in the the following sources 

Ernout, Alfred & Antoine Meillet. 1979. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots. 4. éd., 3. tirage augm. d'additions et de corrections nouvelles. Paris: Klincksieck.  HOLLIS Record

Walde, Alois. 1938-1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 3., neubearbeitete Aufl. von J. B. Hofmann. Heidelberg: C. Winter. HOLLIS Record

 

GREEK

Modern etymological treatments of Greek forms may be found in:

Beekes, R. S. P. (Robert Stephen Paul). 2010. Etymological dictionary of Greek. Leiden; Boston: Brill. HOLLIS Record

Earlier coverage is available in the the following sources:

Chantraine, Pierre.1968-1980.Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque : histoire des mots. 4 vols. Paris: Klincksieck. HOLLIS Record

Frisk, Hjalmar. 1955-1972. Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 3 vols. Heidelberg: C. Winter. HOLLIS Record