1) Account 2) Chronicle 3) Derivation of a word 4) French word used in English 5) History 6) Language study 7) One may go after the meaning 8) Story 9) Study of word origins 10) System of roots 11) The derivation of a word 12) The history of a word 13) Word derivation 14) Word history
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1) Lexicostatistic 2) Lexicostatistics 3) Wordorigin
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- a history of a word
- the study of the sources and development of words
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Etymology is the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By an extension, the term `the etymology of [a word]` means the origin of the particular word. For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge abou.....
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study of origins of words
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• (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.
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the history of a word or word element, including its origins and derivation. Although the etymologizing of proper names appears in the Old Testament ... [3 related articles]
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Origin: L.etymologia, Gr.; etymon + discourse, description: cf. F. Etymologie. See Etymon, and -logy. ... 1. <study> That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of from and meaning. ... 2. That pert of grammar which relates to the changes in the form o...
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(1) The origin of a word. (2) The study of word origins and the history of words--especially how wor
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Et`y·mol'o·gy (-jȳ) noun ; plural Etymologies (-jĭz). [ Latin etymologia , Greek 'etymologi`a ; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: confer French étymologie . See Etymon , and -logy .] 1.
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Etymology is a term applied to that part of grammar which treats of the various inflections and modifications of words and shows how they are formed from simple roots.
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Etymology is the science of the origin and relationship of words.
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ab, from, + reticulum, net (referring to the Internet)
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etymology, etymologies 1. The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible. 2. The branch...
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Etymology is the investigation of word histories. Every word in every language has a unique origin and history; words can be born in many ways, and often their histories are quite adventurous and informative. Etymology investigates and documents the lives (mainly the origins) of words.
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the study of the origin and history of words.
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noun the study of the sources and development of words
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Study of the origin and history of words within and across languages. It has two major aspects: the study of the phonetic and written forms of words, and of the semantics or meanings of those words. Standard dictionaries of a language such as English typically contain etymological information within square brackets at the end of each entry, ena...
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the derivation of a word. · an account of the history of a particular word or element of a word. · the study of historical linguistic change, esp. as manifested in individual words.
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An area within historical linguistics which is concerned with the origin and development of the form and meaning of words and the relationship of both these aspects to each other.
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[SAT terms] a history of a word
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a history of a word
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[6th grade words] a history of a word
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[Difficult words] a history of a word
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[Obscure words] a history of a word
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