Miraris, explore the origins of words

Miraris makes etymology simple to understand and explore. Search any word for a concise history and an interactive tree of its etymology, tracing roots back through the languages that shaped it.

See the connections between words and languages with clear visuals. Feel the intrigue hidden in every word.

Every word history is built from English Wiktionary data. Miraris resolves the word's ancestor chain in a database of about 1.85 million dictionary entries, writes a short sourced summary, and draws the connections as an interactive tree you can explore node by node. Results are cached, so popular words load instantly.

Read more about the data, method, and licensing on the about page.

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Etymology data from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · About Miraris