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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: etymologia, from Greek, from etymon 'original meaning', from etymos 'true'

etymology

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
et‧y‧mol‧o‧gy
1 [uncountable]SL the study of the origins, history, and changing meanings of words
2 [countable]SL a description of the history of a word
—etymologist noun [countable]
—etymological adjective —etymologically adverb
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