Hey everyone! I was hoping someone would be able to help me with a rather odd task— I'm looking for some type of dictionary/online list of words separated into sections based on their derivations [for example, all English words derived from germanic languages, latin, french, greek, etc.]. So far I've only been able to find a few short Wikipedia articles about it, and I'm not educated enough on languages to be able to classify them myself. Thanks for any and all help!
A quick google search for 'etymology dictionary' turned this up: http://www.etymonline.com/ It has a wikipedia entry, so it has some notoriety at least. Not exactly what you are looking for, but you can still look up any word and read about its etymology.
I doubt you'll find anything very comprehensive. Word origins (etymology) include a great deal of guesswork. The more languages you know, the better your chances of making a good guess about a particular word, but there are a lot of words that are coincidentally similar. Also, migrations of conquerors and refugees have spread words across major language centers, also making the true origins obscure.
you can find what you want in 'sections' and create your own comprehensive etymological dictionary if you want... simply google for 'english words with german roots' then do the same for the other root languages and you'll find good lists... the first hit on the german page is a good alphabetical list and i'm sure there are many other ones... shouldn't be hard to find good ones for the other tongues, as well... https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=Tw#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=english+words+with+german+origin&oq=english+words+with+germ&gs_l=hp.1.1.0l2.1650.6714.0.9874.23.23.0.0.0.0.330.3615.2j18j1j2.23.0.les%3Bcrnk_timediscountc..0.0...1.1.3.psy-ab.VJBbNSqQiiI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42553238,d.cGE&fp=1f35b907ecade008&biw=602&bih=346 http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-english-words-of-german-origin.html
I believe what MrPiano is looking for is more along the line of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English than the lists of modern loanwords which google coughes up for "XXX roots".
