etymology

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noun

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etymologies

1.
(uncountable)(uncountable, linguistics) 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
2.
(countable)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.
3.
(countable)An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
Đồng nghĩa: derivation
4.
(countable)The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.

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derivation

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From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία, from ἔτυμον (true sense) and -λογία (study or logic of), from λόγος (word; explanation). etymo-.