Wordlore: Word Origins
The story of every word
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Trace every word's journey through languages and centuries. Two new words a day, animated timelines, migration maps, and living-language cousins.
Wordlore is the story of every word.
Every word you use has a hidden life — a journey across languages, centuries, and continents. Wordlore turns that journey into something you can see and explore, like a DNA report for language.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• Two new words every day — a bold daily discovery, plus yesterday's words to catch up on
• Animated timelines that morph a word through its ancestral forms
• Migration maps that trace each word's path across the world
• Living-language cousins — see the same ancient root surviving in French, Hindi, Persian, and more
• Story Mode — tap through a word's life like a story
• Audio pronunciation
• A daily puzzle: guess where today's word began
• Museum-style Explore with themed collections and badges to earn
Whether you love etymology, languages, crosswords, or just great trivia, Wordlore makes the history of English genuinely fun to explore.
No account required. Your saved words and progress stay on your device.
Etymology content is adapted in part from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Identifiers
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Information
- Seller
- Tushar Kanaujia
- Size
- 48.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
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