Etymologists Etymologists Allen Walker Read ( 1906 - October 16, 2002) was an American etymologist, best known for his studies into the words " okay" and " fuck". ...more on Wikipedia about "Allen Walker Read"
Bekir Sıdkı Çobanzade (pronounced cho-ban-za-de) ( May 15 1893– October 13 1937) was a Crimean Tatar poet and professor of Turkic languages who was one of the victims of the Great Purge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bekir Sıdkı Çobanzade"
Carl Darling Buck ( October 2, 1866 - 1955), American philologist, was born at Bucksport, Maine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Darling Buck"
Hensleigh Wedgwood ( 21 January 1803 - 2 June 1891) was a British etymologist, philologist and barrister, author of A Dictionary of English Etymology. Wedgwood was the fourth son of Josiah Wedgwood II, grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood and a brother of Emma Darwin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hensleigh Wedgwood"
James Bradstreet Greenough ( May 4, 1833 - October 11, 1901), United States classical scholar, was born in Portland, Maine. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Bradstreet Greenough"
John Anthony Ciardi ( June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Ciardi"
Lewis Thomas ( November 25 1913 - December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lewis Thomas"
Michael Quinion is a British etymologist and writer. He is known as the author and creator of the site World Wide Words, a site that documents the meaning and derivation of various colloquial words and phrases in the English language. He has also worked extensively with the Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of New Words, as well as having written Ologies and Isms, A Dictionary of Affixes and Port Out, Starboard Home And Other Language Myths. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michael Quinion"
William L. Safire (born December 17, 1929) is an author, semi-retired columnist, and former journalist and presidential speechwriter. He is perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to "On Language" in the New York Times Magazine, a column on grammar, etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Safire"
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