DictionaryAn inline dictionary built on the English Wiktionary: type @thewatbot and a word in any chat, pick a sense…Send a word in any language, in its own script, and get its etymology from the English Wiktionary — where the word came from, not what it means. Explanations are in English.
Most dictionaries tell you what a word means; this bot answers a different question — where it came from. It takes the Etymology section of the word's page in the English Wiktionary, the free dictionary that covers words from hundreds of languages, and sends it to the chat. The word can be from any language, as long as you type it in its own script: Greek letters for a Greek word, Arabic script for an Arabic one.
That makes it a small tool for the curious and for language learners: checking whether two similar words in different languages share a root, why a borrowed word looks the way it does, or how a word changed on its way into English. The answer is only as good as the Wiktionary entry behind it — some pages carry a detailed history, others have no etymology at all — and the full page is always one search away on en.wiktionary.org.
The bot's catalog listing credits Petr Kocharov with the idea and Alexey Podlasov with the programming. Beyond that we found no news channel or public code, so we could not see when it was last updated, and its pricing is not stated anywhere.
Free
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 6 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 4 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 4 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 8 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 63.5 |
Any language with an entry in the English Wiktionary; type the word in its own script. The explanation comes in English.
No, it describes itself as an etymology bot. For definitions from the same source, @thewatbot searches Wiktionary inline.
