etymology
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
- The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
- An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
- The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
Pronunciation
ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē
/ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
/ˌɛtɪˈmɔləd͡ʒɪj/
ĕt'ə-mŏʹlə-jē
/ˌɛtəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
[ˌɛɾəˈmɒləd͡ʒi]
/ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
[ˌɛɾəˈmɑləd͡ʒi]
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ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē
/ˌetəˈmɔləd͡ʒi/
[ˌeɾəˈmɔləd͡ʒi]
/ˌetɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
[ˌeʈɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi]
[ˌeʈɪˈmaləd͡ʒi]
/ˌetəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
[ˌetɘˈmɑləd͡ʒi]
Word forms
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Etymology
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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.
Translations
Afrikaans: etimologie
Albanian: etimologji
Arabic: تَأْثِيل
Arabic: عِلْم تَأْثِيل
Aragonese: etimolochía
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܒܗܘܼܬ ܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ
Armenian: ստուգաբանություն
Aromanian: etimulughii (roa-rup)
Asturian: etimoloxía
Azerbaijani: etimologiya
Basque: etimologia
Belarusian: этымало́гія
Belarusian: этымалёгія
Bengali: শব্দতত্ত্ব
Breton: etimologiezh
Bulgarian: етимоло́гия
Burmese: ဗျုပ္ပတ်
Carpathian Rusyn: етимоло́ґия
Catalan: etimologia
Chinese Cantonese: 語源學 /语源学
Chinese Mandarin: 語源學 /语源学
Chinese Mandarin: 詞源學 /词源学
Corsican: etimulugia
Czech: etymologie
Danish: etymologi
Dutch: etymologie
Dutch: woordherkomst
Esperanto: etimologio
Estonian: etümoloogia
Faroese: orðaupprunafrøði
Finnish: etymologia
French: étymologie
Galician: etimoloxía
Georgian: ეტიმოლოგია
German: Etymologie
Greek: ετυμολογία
Ancient Greek: ἐτυμολογία
Hebrew: אֵטִימוֹלוֹגְיָה
Hebrew: גִּזָּרוֹן
Hindi: व्युत्पत्ति
Hindi: व्युत्पत्तिशास्त्र
Hindi: निरुक्त
Hindi: सर्फ़
Hindi: इश्तिक़ाक़
Hindi: इश्तिक़ाक़ियात
Hungarian: etimológia
Hungarian: szófejtés
Hungarian: szótörténet
Icelandic: orðsifjafræði
Ido: etimologio
Indonesian: etimologi
Interlingua: etymologia
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