etymology
n. study of the origin of words, study of the historical development of words | ||||
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Etymology Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Etymology
(n.)
That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
(n.)
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
(n.)
That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
(n.)
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
| WordNet 2.0 |
etymology
Noun
1. a history of a word
(hypernym) history, account, chronicle, story
(hyponym) folk etymology
(derivation) etymologize, etymologise
2. the study of the sources and development of words
(hypernym) linguistics
(hyponym) lexicostatistics
(derivation) etymologize, etymologise
Noun
1. a history of a word
(hypernym) history, account, chronicle, story
(hyponym) folk etymology
(derivation) etymologize, etymologise
2. the study of the sources and development of words
(hypernym) linguistics
(hyponym) lexicostatistics
(derivation) etymologize, etymologise
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
Etymology
1: the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language 2: a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies
1: the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language 2: a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies
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etymology
etymology
\et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j&ybreve;), n.; pl. etymologies (-j&ibreve;z). [l. etymologia, gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. f. étymologie. see etymon, and -logy.]
1. that branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
2. that part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
etymology
\et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j&ybreve;), n.; pl. etymologies (-j&ibreve;z). [l. etymologia, gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. f. étymologie. see etymon, and -logy.]
1. that branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
2. that part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
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Cyfiach
Cyfiach = n. etymology
Cyfiach = n. etymology
Geirdardd
Geirdardd = n. etymology
Etymology Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Etymology Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Etymology
"Etymologies" redirects here. For the literary works by Isidore of Seville and J. R. R. Tolkien, see Etymologiae and The Etymologies (Tolkien) respectively.
Etymology is the study of the history of words - when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.| See more at Wikipedia.org... |