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etymology

From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”). (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (General American) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏʹlə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.əˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, [ˌɛɾ.əˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒi] (General Australian) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌet.əˈmɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/, [ˌeɾ.əˈmɔl.ə.d͡ʒi] Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gy Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi etymology (countable and uncountable, plural etymologies) (uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes. (countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history; lit. the logic of the etymon. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like. Synonym: derivation (countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after. Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”). Not to be confused with the origin of the object or person the word refers to. “etymology”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “etymology”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "etymology" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.