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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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: etymologie(nl)f
  • German: Etymologie(de)f
  • Spanish: etimologí­a(es)f
Etymology: From (term, etimologie, lang=enm) < (term, ethimologie, lang=fro) < (term, etymologia, lang=la) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=etumologia, lang=grc) < (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=etumon, , true sense) and (term, sc=polytonic, -, tr=-logia, , study of) < (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=logos).

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