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etymology
/ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
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What does etymology mean?
noun
- The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
- The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
- An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
More meanings (1)
noun
- The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
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The etymology of the word liberty, at least as I understand it, will serve still better to explain my thought.
Intellectually, as well as physically,--as the etymology of the name seems to indicate,--the mother is the "former" of her child.
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Physicians say that the thumbs are the master fingers of the hand, and that their Latin etymology is derived from “pollere.”
The word, which I interpret the flying or floating island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymology.
It was declared that, as Hebrew is written from right to left, it might be read either way, in order to produce a satisfactory etymology.