Description
Etymologic! is the toughest etymology (word origin) game on the app store.
In this etymology game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected etymology (word origin) or word definition puzzles to solve; in each case the word or phrase is highlighted in bold, and a number of possib
le answers will be presented. You need to choose the correct answer to score a point for that question. Beware! The false answers will often also seem quite plausible, and some of the true answers are hard to believe, but we have doc
umentation!
Oh, and in case you're wondering, the word etymology comes from the Greek word 'etymos', which means real, or true, and the -ology ending indicates that it's the study of, or science of. Put them together and you get the study or sci
ence of the real or true. Impressive, eh?
What's New in Version 1.4
Fixed (hopefully the last) bugs reported. Sorry for another update so quickly. I hope this resolves all problems users have experienced.
Customer Reviews
Great brain-teaser!
This will keep me challenged and entertained for a while. I love it!
Frustrating
I disagree with many of their definitions.
etymologic
Some of the definitions are either wrong or not written correctly. I think that the author may be making up some nonsense definitions. That is ok if we know that we are playing a form of balderdash. He should get sources correct. For ex; he says Fraue means women in German. The correct spelling is Frauen. German is different than Germanic. Also, some of his "where did this come from" questions are wiki type answers that might be debated.
Disappointed that this was not more scholarly.
- $1.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Jul 19, 2010
- Version: 1.4
- Size: 0.4 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Brian Egge
- © Ring 3 Software
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
