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Etymology
From ME. term|etimologie|langenm < OF. term|ethimologie|langfro < L. term|etymologia|langla < AGr. term|scpolytonic|���μολογία|tretumologia|langgrc < term|scpolytonic|���μον|tretumon||true sense and term|scpolytonic|-λογία|tr-logia||study of < term|scpolytonic|λ�γο�|trlogos.

Pronunciation
a|RP enPR|�t"�-m�l'�-j�, IPA|/��tɪ�m�l�d�i/, SAMPA|/%Et@"mQl@dZi/
a|GenAm? enPR|�t"�-m�l'�-j�, IPA|/��t��m�l�d�i/, SAMPA|/%Et@"mAl@dZi/

Noun
en-noun|etymologies

1. The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
2. An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

Quotations
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Derived terms
etymological
etymologist
folk etymology

Translations
trans-top|study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words
Croatian: t+|hr|etimologija|f
Czech: t+|cs|etymologie|f
Danish: t-|da|etymologi|c
Dutch: t+|nl|etymologie|f
Finnish: t+|fi|etymologia
German: t+|de|Etymologie|f
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Greek: t+|el|ε��μολογία|f|tretymología|scGrek
Japanese: t|ja|��学 (t|ja|�����|tr=|gogengaku)
Norwegian: t-|no|etymologi|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|etimologia|f
Romanian: t+|ro|etimologie|f
Russian: t+|ru|��имологи�|f|tretimológija|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|etimologija|f
Spanish: t+|es|etimología|f
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trans-top|account of the origin and historical development of a word
Croatian: t+|hr|etimologija|f
Czech: t+|cs|etymologie|f
Danish: t-|da|etymologi|c
Dutch: t+|nl|etymologie|f
Finnish: t+|fi|etymologia
German: t+|de|Etymologie|f
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Greek: t+|el|ε��μολογία|f|tretymología|scGrek
Japanese: t|ja|�� (t|ja|���|tr=gogen
Norwegian: t-|no|etymologi|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|etimologia|f
Romanian: t+|ro|etimologie|f
Russian: t+|ru|��имологи�|f|tretimológija|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|etimologija|f
Spanish: t+|es|etimología|f
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ttbc|Afrikaans: etimologie
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|اشت�ا�|ا�ش�ت���ا� (ištiqá:q) m
ttbc|Basque: etimologia
ttbc|Bosnian: etimologija#Bosnian|etimologija f
ttbc|Bulgarian: е�имологи� (etimológija) f
ttbc|Catalan: etimologia f
ttbc|Chinese: 语� (y�yuán), 语�学 (y�yuánxué), ��
ttbc|Esperanto: etimologio
ttbc|Estonian: etümoloogia
ttbc|French: étymologie f
ttbc|Hebrew: ���������� (etimologia) f
ttbc|Hungarian: etimológia, szófejtés
ttbc|Indonesian: etimologi
ttbc|Interlingua: etymologia
ttbc|Italian: etimologia f
ttbc|Icelandic: orðsifjafræði f (1), orðsifjar f|p (2)
ttbc|Korean: �� (��, eoweon), ��� (eoweonhak)
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ttbc|Latin: etymologia f
ttbc|Novial: etimologia
ttbc|Occitan: etimologia f
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ر�ش��ش�اس� (rīše-šenâsi)
ttbc|Polish: etymologia f, źród�os�ów m
ttbc|Serbian:
:Cyrillic: е�имологи�а#Serbian|е�имологи�а f
:Roman: etimologija#Serbian|etimologija f
ttbc|Sindhi: SDchar|ب�ڻ��اس� (bunn bhiyaasu) m
ttbc|Slovak: etymológia f
ttbc|Swedish: etymologi c
ttbc|Thai: THchar|�ิรุ��ิศาส�ร� (nírúktì-s�tt')
ttbc|Turkish: etimoloji, kökenbilim
ttbc|Ukrainian: е�имолог�� (etimológija) f
ttbc|Vietnamese: từ nguyên từ nguyên h�c
ttbc|Walloon: etimolodjeye
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References
pedialite|Etymology
R:American Heritage 2000|etymology
R:Dictionary.com|etymology
R:WordNet 2003|etymology

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