etymology
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτῠμος (étŭmos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie 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 or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”). Equivalent to etymon + -ology.
- derived from ἐτυμολογία
- derived from etymologia
- derived from ethimologie
- inherited from ethymologie
Definitions
The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across…
The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
- Holonyms: historical linguistics < linguistics
The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout…
The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
- Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.
- The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a…
An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
- I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names.
- Where did this name Harlequin (or Arlechin) come from? Most etymologies for the name give the Hellequin theory.
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The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
- I'm sure you know the etymology of your name, Goodspeed.
The neighborhood
- neighboretymologist
- neighboretymologize
- neighboretymon
- neighboronomastics
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at etymology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at etymology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at etymology
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA