Etymonline
Online Etymology Dictionary
As of June 2026, Etymonline has 40,000 users and a 4.62/5 rating from 42 reviews in the Productivity category.
Usersup 33.3 percent+33.3%
40.0K
40,000
Ratingup 0.2 percent+0.2%
4.62
42 reviews
Reviewsup 2.4 percent+2.4%
42
Version
1.9.1
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 10.0K users.
History
1 snapshotsTracking since May 3, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2026 | 30.0K | 4.61 | 41 | 1.9.1 |
| Now | 40.0K | 4.62 | 42 | 1.9.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenus
- Host access
- https://www.etymonline.com/*
Screenshots
About
Skip the home page. Search any word or phrase from the 50,000 entries in the Online Etymology Dictionary directly from your Chrome toolbar with this one-click extension. Update log: V1.9.1: * Bug fixes.
Technical
- Version
- 1.9.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 46.52KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- giehjnnlopapngdjbjjgddpaagoimmgl
- Developer ID
- ua33fce3fd1042c6343285eca9e9bc958
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Dec 11, 2017
- Last Updated (Store)
- Mar 15, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 3, 2026
- Website
- https://www.etymonline.com/
- Support URL
- https://www.etymonline.com
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.etymonline.com/legal/privacy
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