Associations to the word «Etymology»
Noun
- Orthography
- Derivation
- Pronunciation
- Epithet
- Syntax
- Philology
- Dictionary
- Nomenclature
- Zeus
- Taxonomy
- Spelling
- Meaning
- Turkic
- Suffix
- Semantic
- Seville
- Names
- Linguistic
- Sanskrit
- Linguist
- Phonology
- Genealogy
- Artemis
- Lexicon
- Usage
- Semantics
- Origin
- Connotation
- Terminology
- Ovid
- Gloss
- Cult
- Linguistics
- Verb
- Hera
- Noun
- Word
- Aphrodite
- Latin
- Pun
- Ff
- Idiom
- Plural
- Name
- Pliny
- Myth
- Phoneme
- Analogy
- Philo
- Acronym
- Vocabulary
- Cites
- Morphology
- Grimm
- Veda
- Hindi
- Athena
- Hermes
- Liber
- Celtic
- Attribute
- Borrowing
Adjective
Wiktionary
ETYMOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
ETYMOLOGY, noun. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.
Dictionary definition
ETYMOLOGY, noun. A history of a word.
ETYMOLOGY, noun. The study of the sources and development of words.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.