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et·y·mol·o·gy
/ ˌetəˈmäləjē/
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n.
(pl. -gies)
the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.
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the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning.
DERIVATIVES:
et·y·mo·log·i·cal
/ -məˈläjikəl/ adj.
et·y·mo·log·i·cal·ly
adv.
et·y·mol·o·gist
/ -jist/ n.
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Analysis: Uncertainty surrounding etymology of slang term `hip'
Transcript from: NPR Special; 12/9/2004; ; 669 words
; ...Leland says he found the Wolof etymology in Juba to Jive, a dictionary...obvious problems with the etymology were ignored, such as the...collected over a dozen possible etymologies, but no one has made a good...which supported the Wolof etymology. Some of the books he listed...
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 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Intriguing, complex field of study; Many people assume that the etymology is somehow the key to a word's meaning.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 1/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...frustrating discipline. The root of etymology itself is in Greek etumos...though research shows that etymologies are often far more complex...many people assume that the etymology is somehow the key to a word...by reference to its roots. Etymologies are the ancestors of words...
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Henderson, John, The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville: Truth from Words.(The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parergon; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...encyclopaedic compendium, the Etymologies, which survives in more...saint of the Internet. The Etymologies are a vast treasure-trove...entry presents the putative etymology of the Latin term, followed...first modern edition of the Etymologies was published by W. M...
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The etymology and meanings of eldritch.
Magazine article from: Scottish Language; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...appropriated it as a critical term, its etymology remains uncertain. The Oxford English...Puhvel suggested in a brief note that the etymology is rather *ael-rice~el-rice...forms of eldritch as an impediment to the etymology *aelf-rice, whereas in fact the loss...
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 "Weekly Edition (NPR)")
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Profile: Words that have evolved, folk etymology
Transcript from: Weekly Edition (NPR); 11/4/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Words that have evolved, folk etymology Host: LAURIE HOWELL Time...1986. It' s a look at folk etymologies, words that have evolved...some fun talking about spook etymology, the work of language spooks...material information. Spook etymology, however, is not to be confused...
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A Celtic etymology for maggle "to spoil" in Dunbar and Gavin Douglas.
Magazine article from: ANQ; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...to butcher." The OED describes the etymology of maggle as "obscure," a connection...Hence ordinary Scots words of obscure etymology may also be from Cumbric, including...Welsh maglu "to mar" support a Cumbric etymology for maggle "to spoil?" There is early...
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The etymology of Totafot.
Magazine article from: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Biblical, rabbinic word which connotes an aid in prayer). The etymology of the T word "is not clear," according to Cassuto...the meaning of the word. Speiser says that, of the various etymologies that are proposed, none has been found satisfactory, but...
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Hybrid etymology.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...me about English was what I later recognized as its hybrid etymology: blunt Anglo-Saxon concreteness, sleek Norman French urbanity...feature of the passage quoted above: that phrase "hybrid etymology" and its usefulness in describing the vocabulary of Paglia...
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A Gaelic etymology for dyvour 'debtor'.
Magazine article from: Scottish Language; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...merely that it appears in Scots and nowhere else, give its etymology as 'obscure'. (2) But there seems a simple solution here...poor' as bochd. (4) That will explain in part why the etymology of dyvour puzzled the editors of OED and, it seems, all...
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The river plate Tango: Etymology and origins
Magazine article from: Afro - Hispanic Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...discussion of the tango's "black roots", speaking first of its etymology, which some have placed as stemming from Old Castilian and...manuscript, in which Molas, after having searched for the etymology of tango among many African languages, especially those of...
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etymology
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
etymology The study of the origin of words. It has influenced exegesis , especially...meaning of words and to overlook the contexts in which they were used. Etymology, in the sense of the study of the formation of words, appears in the...
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ETYMOLOGY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
ETYMOLOGY Both the study of the history...libri (Books of Origins or Etymologies), more commonly known...what is now called FOLK ETYMOLOGY , in which associative guessing...girlcott . Isidore's views on etymology were affected by his belief...
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FOLK ETYMOLOGY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
FOLK ETYMOLOGY, also popular etymology. A term in LINGUISTICS for ‘folk’ or ‘popular’...on the sole of the foot (from Latin planta ), reinterpreted as planter's wart . See ETYMOLOGY .
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Etymology of Food
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
ETYMOLOGY OF FOOD ETYMOLOGY OF FOOD. The words of a language can be traced to two sources. Some have been a part of that same language as far back as its history is known, although, since no language remains fixed, they will have gradually...
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St. Isidore of Seville
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...transmitted to the Middle Ages in his chief work, the Etymologies. Isidore was born into a Hispano-Roman family...and his final and most significant work, the Etymologies. The Etymologies Isidore labored over the Etymologies from 622...
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