History and evolution of more than 30000 words, including slang and technical terms.
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By an extension, the term "etymology (of a ...
the derivation of a word. Synonyms: word origin, word source, derivation, origin. 2 . a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or ...
the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its ...
etymology late 14c., ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word," from O.Fr. et(h)imologie (14c., Mod.Fr. étymologie), from L. etymologia, from Gk. ...
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Definition and etymology of the word . ... MyEtymology.com is an etymology dictionary for all languages. Its purpose is to tell you the etymology of every word of ...
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons).
For example, the word etymology comes to us from the Ancient Greek language. It is composed of two parts: the Greek word etymon, which means "the true ...
et·y·mol·o·gy (t-m l-j) n. pl. et·y·mol·o·gies. 1. The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements ...
