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Word: Etymology
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French ethimologie, via Latin from Greek etumologia, from etumologos ‘student of etymology’, from etumon, neuter singular of etumos ‘true’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
Short Definition:study of origin of words and way in which their meanings have changed
Examples:- the decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline
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