Editing Etymonline (section)

==Description==
[[File:Online Etymology Dictionary.jpg|thumb|Logo in 2007]]
Douglas R. Harper, an [[American Civil War]] historian and copy editor for [[LNP Media Group]],<ref name="journal.orton-gillingham.com">{{cite web|url=https://journal.orton-gillingham.com/qa-with-douglas-harper-creator-of-the-online-etymology-dictionary/|title=Q&A With Douglas Harper: Creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary – IMSE – Journal|date=18 June 2015|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lancasteronline.com/site/contact.html|title=Contact Us|website=LancasterOnline |access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/ |title=Home Page |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> The core body of its etymology information stems from ''The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology'' by [[Robert Barnhart]], [[Ernest Klein]]'s ''Comprehensive Etymology Dictionary of the English Language'', ''The Middle English Compendium'', ''[[The Oxford English Dictionary]]'', and the 1889–1902 ''[[Century Dictionary]]''.<ref>The dictionary's principal sources appear at [http://www.etymonline.com/sources.php Sources @ Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> Harper also researches on [[digital archive]]s. On the ''Etymonline'' homepage, Harper says that he considers himself "essentially and for the most part" a compiler and evaluator of etymology research made by others.