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Definition of 'etymology'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) etymology
the history of a particular word or element of a word.

2. etymology
an account of the origin and development of a word or word element.

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

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L etymologia < Gk etymología; see etymon,-logy)

Definition of 'etymology'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) etymology
a history of a word

2. (noun) etymology
the study of the sources and development of words

Definition of 'etymology'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) etymology
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. (noun) etymology
that part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection

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