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Meaning
Noun
●
In Linguistics:
The study of the
historical
development of
languages
,
particularly
as
manifested
in individual words.
●
The
entire
catalogue
of
meanings
that a
word
,
morpheme
, or
sign
has
carried
throughout its
history
; the derivation.
●
An
account of
the
origin
and
historical
development of a
word
as
presented
in a
dictionary
or the like.
●
In Linguistics:
The
direct
origin
of a
name
,
as in
who someone was
named
after.
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Origin
etymology
English
etimologie
Middle English (1100-1500)
ethimologie
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
etymologia
Latin
ἐτυμολογία
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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