Definitions
the study of the sources and development of words
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Holonyms: historical linguistics < linguistics”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Study of word roots”9 letters
02“Word-origin study”9 letters
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