meaning of etymology
The word etymology is derived from the Greek word á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±, etymologia, itself from á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î½, etymon, meaning true sense, and the suffix-logia, denoting the study of. In linguistics, the term etymon is used to refer to a word or morpheme from which a later word is derived.