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Etymology
English
Etymology
From Old French ethimologie < Latin etymologia < Greek ετυμολογία , made from Greek έτυμον (true sense), neuter of έτυμος (real, true, actual) + Greek λόγος (word, speech, discourse) < Proto-Indo-European base *leg- (to collect).
Pronunciation
- AHD : ĕt"ə-mŏl'ə-jē
- IPA : /ˌetɪˈmɒlədʒɪ/
- SAMPA : /%etI"mQl@dZI/
Noun
etymology (plural: etymologies)
- The study of the origin of words. The word may be used to describe the science dealing with the origin of words.
- The origin of a word.
- The etymology of this word may be found above, under etymology.
- Quotations
- a. 1571 The etymology which the Dorians give, seems indeed more probable, than that of the Athenians; for how can Comodein, be made of the word Comazein. — Lodovico Castelvetro, Aristotle's Art of Poetry, page 28.
- 1583 Amonge all other Artes, forgett not the Mathematikes. for the Etymologie of their name, exhortes you to learne them. — Brian Melbancke, Philotimus (1583), page 98.
- 1693 But in former times, the Name of Satire was given to Poems, which were compos'd of several sorts of Verses; such as were made by Ennius, and Pacuvius; more fully expressing the Etymology of the word Satire, from Satura, which we have observ'd — John Dryde, The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, page 26.
Related terms
Translations
- Afrikaans: etimologie
- Arabic: اِشْتِقَاق (ištiqáːq) m
- Basque: etimologia
- Bulgarian: етимология (etimológija) f
- Catalan: etimologia
- Chinese: 语源 (yǔ yuán), 语源学 (yǔ yuán xué)
- Croatian: etimologija f
- Czech: etymologie
- Danish: etymologi
- Dutch: etymologie f
- Esperanto: etimologio
- Finnish: etymologia
- French: étymologie f
- German: Etymologie f
- Greek: ετυμολογία (etymología) f
- Hebrew: אטימולוגיה (etimologiah) f
- Hungarian: szófejtés
- Indonesian: etimologi
- Italian: etimologia f
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- Japanese: 語源 (ごげん , gógen), 語源学 (ごげんがく , gogengakú)
- Korean: 어원 (語源 , eoweon), 어원학 (eoweonhak)
- Latin: etymologia f
- Persian: ریشهشناسی (riše-šenasi)
- Polish: źródłosłów m, etymologia f
- Portuguese: etimologia f
- Romanian: etimologie f
- Romanica: etymologia f
- Russian: этимология (etimológija) f
- Serbian: етимологија (etimologija) f
- Spanish: etimología f
- Swedish: etymologi
- Thai: นิรุกติศาสตร์ (niruktisàat)
- Turkish: etimoloji , köktenbilim
- Ukrainian: етимологія (etimológija) f
- Vietnamese: từ nguyên từ nguyên học
- Walloon: etimolodjeye
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See also
- Wikipedia article on etymology
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