Defenition of the word etymology
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Defenition of the word etymology
- The science dealing with the origin and historical development of words.
- the study of the sources and development of words
- a history of a word
Hyponyms for the word etymology
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- folk etymology
- lexicostatistics
Hypernyms for the word etymology
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- account
- chronicle
- history
- linguistics
- story
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