etymology -
the study of the sources and development of words
linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature
etymology -
a history of a word
chronicle,
history,
story,
account the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
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Wiktionary
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etymology -
The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
etymology -
An account of the origin and historical development of a word.
Wikipedia
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods of their history and when they entered the languages in question. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information to be available.
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etymology The science dealing with the origin and historical development of words.
