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#: {{ux|en|Although written the same, the words ''lead'' (the metal) and ''lead'' (the verb) have totally different '''etymologies'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Although written the same, the words ''lead'' (the metal) and ''lead'' (the verb) have totally different '''etymologies'''.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a [[dictionary]] or the like.
# {{lb|en|countable}} An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a [[dictionary]] or the like.
#* {{quote-web|en|date=02 July 23|author=Talia Felix|url=https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/honing-in-on-harlequin|work=Online Etymology Dictionary|title=Homing in on Harlequin|text=Where did this name Harlequin (or Arlechin) come from? Most '''etymologies''' for the name give the [[harlequin#Etymology|Hellequin]] theory.}}
#{{lb|en|countable}} The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
#{{lb|en|countable}} The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
#*{{quote-av|1=en|year=1996|title=The Rock|text=I'm sure you know the '''etymology''' of your name, Goodspeed.}}
#*{{quote-av|1=en|year=1996|title=The Rock|text=I'm sure you know the '''etymology''' of your name, Goodspeed.}}

Revision as of 03:55, 14 August 2023

For etymology on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Etymology.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.əˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gy
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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etymology (countable and uncountable, plural etymologies)

  1. (uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  2. (countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history; the derivation.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎[1], page 13:
      The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
    Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.
  3. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
    • 2023 July 2, Talia Felix, “Homing in on Harlequin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary‎[2]:
      Where did this name Harlequin (or Arlechin) come from? Most etymologies for the name give the Hellequin theory.
  4. (countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
    • 1996, The Rock:
      I'm sure you know the etymology of your name, Goodspeed.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”).
  • Not to be confused with the origin of the object or person the word refers to.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

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References

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