etymology
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1. the study of the sources and development of words (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | linguistics, |
| definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | lexicostatistics, |
| definition | : | a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language (noun.cognition) |
2. a history of a word (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | folk etymology, |
| definition | : | a popular but erroneous etymology (noun.communication) |
3. the study of the sources and development of words (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | etymologist, |
| definition | : | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | etymologise, etymologize, |
| definition | : | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | etymological, |
| definition | : | based on or belonging to etymology (adj.pert) |
4. a history of a word (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | etymologist, |
| definition | : | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | etymologise, etymologize, |
| definition | : | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | etymological, |
| definition | : | based on or belonging to etymology (adj.pert) |
5. the study of the sources and development of words (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | etymologist, |
| definition | : | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | etymologise, etymologize, |
| definition | : | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | etymological, |
| definition | : | based on or belonging to etymology (adj.pert) |
6. a history of a word (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | etymologist, |
| definition | : | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | etymologise, etymologize, |
| definition | : | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | etymological, |
| definition | : | based on or belonging to etymology (adj.pert) |
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