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et·y·mol·o·gy

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–noun, plural -gies.

1.	the derivation of a word.

2.	an account of the history of a particular word or element of a word.

3.	the study of historical linguistic change, esp. as manifested in individual words.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L etymologia < Gk etymología, equiv. to etymológ(os) studying the true meanings and values of words (étymo(s) true (see etymon) + lógos word, reason) + -ia -y³

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et·y·mo·log·i·cal

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et·y·mo·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

et·y·mol·o·gist, noun

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et·y·mol·o·gy Audio Help (ět'ə-mŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. et·y·mol·o·gies

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.
The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.

[Middle English etimologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Medieval Latin ethimologia, from Latin etymologia, from Greek etumologiā : etumon, true sense of a word; see etymon + -logiā, -logy.]

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etymology

1398, from Gk. etymologia, from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true," related to eteos "true") + logos "word." In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories. Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.

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etymology
noun
1.	a history of a word
2.	the study of the sources and development of words

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Etymology

Et`y*mo*log"ic*al\ (-m[-o]*l[o^]j"[i^]*kal), a. [L. etymologicus, Gr. 'etymologiko`s: cf. F. ['e]tymologique. See Etymology.] Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. -- Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

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Etymology

Et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Etymologies (-j[i^]z). [L. etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. ['e]tymologie. 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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