etymology

Definition of etymology

Nouns

a history of a word
Types:
folk etymology
a popular but erroneous etymology
Type of:
account, chronicle, history, story
a record or narrative description of past events
the study of the sources and development of words
Types:
lexicostatistics
a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Type of:
linguistics
the scientific study of language

Vocabulary Lists for etymology

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  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

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  • prole
  • Big Brother
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  • alterable
  • garble
  • abbreviate
  • indoctrinate
  • collate

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  • syncretism
  • apoplectic
  • apoplexy
  • philistine
  • idiopathy

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  • E. O. Wilson
  • quantize
  • phenotypic
  • semantic memory
  • meme

Word List 1 »(655 words)
  • emend
  • ameliorate
  • meliorate
  • facile
  • Stygian

Words that contain etymology

folk etymology