Etymologie
German
Alternative forms
- Ethymologie
Etymology
From Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌɛtymoloˈɡiː], [ˌetymoloˈɡiː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Declension
Declension of Etymologie
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Etymologie | die | Etymologien |
genitive | einer | der | Etymologie | der | Etymologien |
dative | einer | der | Etymologie | den | Etymologien |
accusative | eine | die | Etymologie | die | Etymologien |
Synonyms
- (the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words): Wortforschung, Wortableitungslehre, Wortbildungslehre
- (an account of the origin and historical development of a word): Wortherkunft, Wortableitung
- Wortgeschichte
Derived terms
- Etymogelei
- etymologisch
- Etymologisierung
- Volksetymologie
Further reading
- Etymologie in Duden online
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