etymology
Pronunciation: /ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
The English word “etymology” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
- The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
- An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
- The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
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 or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”). By surface analysis, etymo- + -logy.
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