etymology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *set-?
Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.?
Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos)
Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor.
Latin etymologiader.
Old French ethimologiebor.
Middle English ethymologie
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 or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”). Equivalent to etymon + -ology.
Base: etymon
Affixes: -ology
Inflected forms:
form: etymologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Holonyms: historical linguistics < linguistics
gloss: The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.
The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
gloss: An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Etymologies appeal to people with a very wide variety of interests and intellectual backgrounds. A very few people, such as myself, spend most of their time researching etymologies. A slightly larger number do so very occasionally. Many, many more people look at etymologies, but have never researched any themselves. Some people will never even have thought of etymologies as things which need to be researched. Particularly when etymologies are encountered in the compressed form found in many dictionaries, they can seem to be a given, rather than the (often very tentative) results of extensive research. This book is intended for anyone who has taken the important first step of realizing that etymologies are the result of research, and would like to discover something about the nature of that research, and the principles and methodologies which underlie it.
I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names.
Where did this name Harlequin (or Arlechin) come from? Most etymologies for the name give the Hellequin theory.
gloss: The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I'm sure you know the etymology of your name, Goodspeed.
Related words: etymologist
etymologize
etymon
Derived words: etymologic
etymological
etymologick
etymologise
etymologism
folk etymology
global etymology
popular etymology
pseudoetymology
surface etymology
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: etimologie
lang: Albanian
word: etimologji
lang: Arabic
word: تَأْثِيل
roman: taʔṯīl
lang: Arabic
word: عِلْم تَأْثِيل
roman: ʕilm taʔṯīl
lang: Aragonese
word: etimolochía
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ
roman: āṭomoloḡīyā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܲܒܗܘܼܬ ܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ
roman: mabhut millē
lang: Armenian
word: ստուգաբանություն
roman: stugabanutʻyun
lang: Aromanian
word: etimulughii (roa-rup)
lang: Asturian
word: etimoloxía
lang: Azerbaijani
word: etimologiya
lang: Basque
word: etimologia
lang: Belarusian
word: этымало́гія
roman: etymalóhija
lang: Belarusian
word: этымалёгія
roman: etymaljóhija
lang: Bengali
word: শব্দতত্ত্ব
roman: śobdototto
lang: Breton
word: etimologiezh
lang: Bulgarian
word: етимоло́гия
roman: etimológija
lang: Burmese
word: ဗျုပ္ပတ်
roman: byuppat
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: етимоло́ґия
roman: etymológyja
lang: Catalan
word: etimologia
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 語源學 /语源学
roman: jyu⁵ jyun⁴ hok⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 語源學 /语源学
roman: yǔyuánxué
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 詞源學 /词源学
roman: cíyuánxué
lang: Corsican
word: etimulugia
lang: Czech
word: etymologie
lang: Danish
word: etymologi
lang: Dutch
word: etymologie
lang: Dutch
word: woordherkomst
lang: Esperanto
word: etimologio
lang: Estonian
word: etümoloogia
lang: Faroese
word: orðaupprunafrøði
lang: Finnish
word: etymologia
lang: French
word: étymologie
lang: Galician
word: etimoloxía
lang: Georgian
word: ეტიმოლოგია
roman: eṭimologia
lang: German
word: Etymologie
lang: Greek
word: ετυμολογία
roman: etymología
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐτυμολογία
roman: etumología
lang: Hebrew
word: אֵטִימוֹלוֹגְיָה
roman: etimológya
lang: Hebrew
word: גִּזָּרוֹן
roman: gizarón
lang: Hindi
word: व्युत्पत्ति
roman: vyutpatti
lang: Hindi
word: व्युत्पत्तिशास्त्र
roman: vyutpattiśāstra
lang: Hindi
word: निरुक्त
roman: nirukt
lang: Hindi
word: सर्फ़
roman: sarf
lang: Hindi
word: इश्तिक़ाक़
roman: iśtiqāq
lang: Hindi
word: इश्तिक़ाक़ियात
roman: iśtiqāqiyāt
lang: Hungarian
word: etimológia
lang: Hungarian
word: szófejtés
lang: Hungarian
word: szótörténet
lang: Icelandic
word: orðsifjafræði
lang: Ido
word: etimologio
lang: Indonesian
word: etimologi
lang: Interlingua
word: etymologia
lang: Irish
word: sanasaíocht
lang: Italian
word: etimologia
lang: Japanese
word: 語源学
roman: gogengaku
lang: Javanese
word: étimologi
lang: Kannada
word: ಪದದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ
roman: padada hinnele
lang: Kazakh
word: этимология
roman: étimologiä
lang: Khmer
word: និរុត្តិសាស្ត្រ
roman: niruttesaah
lang: Korean
word: 어원학
roman: eowonhak
lang: Korean
word: 어원
roman: eowon
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bêjenasî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: этимология
roman: etimologiya
lang: Latin
word: etymologia
lang: Latvian
word: etimoloģija
lang: Lithuanian
word: etimologija
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Etymologie
lang: Macedonian
word: етимоло́гија
roman: etimológija
lang: Malay
word: etimologi
lang: Malayalam
word: നിരുക്തം
roman: niruktaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: etimoloġija
lang: Marathi
word: व्युत्पत्तीशास्त्र
roman: vyutpattīśāstra
lang: Mongolian
word: үгийн гаралзүй
roman: ügiin garalzüj
lang: Mongolian
word: этимологи
roman: etimologi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠦᠭᠡ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠷᠤᠯ ᠵᠦᠢ
roman: üge-ǰin ɣarul ǰüi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠡᠲ᠋ᠢᠮᠣᠯᠣᠭᠢ
roman: etimologi
lang: Navajo
word: bizhiʼígíí
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: etymologi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: etymologi
lang: Occitan
word: etimologia
lang: Odia
word: ନିରୁକ୍ତ
roman: nirukta
lang: Odia
word: ବ୍ୟୁତ୍ପତ୍ତି
roman: byutpatti
lang: Pashto
word: اشتقاق پوهنه
roman: ešteqãqpohǝ́na
lang: Pashto
word: فقه اللغت
roman: fiqolluǧát
lang: Pashto
word: ګړيستنه
roman: gǝṛyastǝ́na
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ریشِهشِناسی
roman: riše-šenâsi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: واژِهپَژوهی
roman: vâže-pažuhi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عِلْمِ اِشْتِقاق
roman: elm-e ešteġâġ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِتیمولوژی
roman: etimoloži
lang: Polish
word: etymologia
lang: Polish
word: źródłosłów
lang: Portuguese
word: etimologia
lang: Romanian
word: etimologie
lang: Russian
word: этимоло́гия
roman: etimológija
lang: Sanskrit
word: व्युत्पत्ति
roman: vyutpatti
lang: Sanskrit
word: व्युत्पत्तिशास्त्र
roman: vyutpattiśāstra
lang: Sanskrit
word: निरुक्त
roman: nirukta
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: етимоло̀гија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: etimològija
lang: Sicilian
word: etimoluggìa
lang: Sinhalese
word: නිරුක්ති විද්යාව
roman: nirukti widyāwa
lang: Slovak
word: etymológia
lang: Slovene
word: etimologija
lang: Spanish
word: etimología
lang: Swahili
word: etimolojia
lang: Swedish
word: etymologi
lang: Tagalog
word: palamuhatan
lang: Tagalog
word: panuysuyan
lang: Tagalog
word: etimolohiya
lang: Tajik
word: этимология
roman: etimologiya
lang: Tajik
word: решашиносӣ
roman: rešašinosi
lang: Tamil
word: சொற்பிறப்பியல்
roman: coṟpiṟappiyal
lang: Telugu
word: వ్యుత్పత్తి
roman: vyutpatti
lang: Thai
word: ศัพทมูลวิทยา
roman: sàp-tá-muun-wít-tá-yaa
lang: Tibetan
word: ཐ་སྙད་སྒྲུབ་ཚུལ
roman: tha snyad sgrub tshul
lang: Tibetan
word: ཐ་སྙད་རིག་པ
roman: tha snyad rig pa
lang: Tigrinya
word: ፍልቀተ-ቃል
roman: fəlḳätä-ḳal
lang: Turkish
word: köken bilimi
lang: Turkish
word: etimoloji
lang: Turkmen
word: etimologiýa
lang: Ukrainian
word: етимоло́гія
roman: etymolóhija
lang: Urdu
word: اِشْتِقاق
roman: iśtiqāq
lang: Urdu
word: اِشْتِقاقِیات
roman: iśtiqāqiyāt
lang: Urdu
word: صَرْف
roman: sarf
lang: Uyghur
word: ئېتمولوگىيە
roman: ëtmologiye
lang: Uyghur
word: ئېتىمولوگىيە
roman: ëtimologiye
lang: Uzbek
word: etimologiya
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ nguyên học
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ nguyên
lang: Volapük
word: tümolog
lang: Welsh
word: geirdarddiad
lang: Welsh
word: geirdarddeg
lang: Yiddish
word: עטימאָלאָגיע
roman: etimologye
lang: Yoruba
word: ìmọ̀ orírun-ọ̀rọ̀
lang: Yoruba
word: ẹ̀kọ́ orírun-ọ̀rọ̀