etymology
- For etymology on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Etymology.
English
Etymology
From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕt"ə-mŏl'ə-jē, IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.dʒi/
- (General American) enPR: ĕt"ə-mŏl'ə-jē, IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɑl.ə.dʒi/
- Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gy
- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Noun
etymology (plural etymologies)
- (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
- (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”).
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Translations
study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words
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account of the origin and historical development of a word
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References
- “etymology” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “etymology” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "etymology" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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