etymology 2
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the study of the sources and development of words
Hypernym
linguistics 1
noun
the scientific study of language
EnglishDerivationally related form
etymological 1
adjective
based on or belonging to etymology
etymologist 1
noun
a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
etymologize 2
verb
construct the history of words
etymologize 1
verb
give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
Hyponym
a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
