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etymology origin, formation, and development (of a word), account of this XIV; †branch of grammar dealing with forms (formerly equiv. to accidence) XV. — OF. ethimologie (mod. étymologie) — L. etymologia — Gr. etumologíā, f. etumológos student of etymology, f. étumon literal sense of a word, original form, primary or basic word, sb. use of n. of étumos true, whence in L. form etymon XVI; see -LOGY.
So etymological XVI, etymologist XVII, etymologize XVI.

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