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Originally Posted by LordP
Thanks xyclonei & DNSB.
I'll try the Wikititionary.
To be clear...prior to my screwup and "upgrade" to the 2019 dictionary, my normal "English" dictionary had the etymology descriptions. I did not have a "Custom" dictionary.
Now, after my factory reset, the "English" dictionary says 2024 at the bottom, and the "English (Custom) dictionary -- from the first page of this post -- does not have a date and neither one has the etymology.
I guess my point is that the 2019 version does NOT have the etymology sections as someone had stated above. At least, not what can be downloaded from this post.
I was hoping that someone who has a..normal?...English dictionary that HAS the etymology could share the link where they got it.
Sadly, I don't have backups.
EDIT: Wow. I like the Wikititionary version. I replaced the "English" dictionary instead of using it as the "Custom" and it's working almost as well as what I used yesterday.
It's odd to see the etymology on top rather than the end, but I'm ok with that.
Thank you xyclonei, I can now proceed to drink my Champagne and toast all the people in my past.
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Glad you like the Wiktionary!
It's updated bimonthly (around the 5th and 25th) with more definitions being added.
And if you've managed to recover the 2019 ODE, perhaps you could drop it into the custom-dict folder so that a future update does not overwrite it?