Etymology Synonyms

ĕtə-mŏlə-jē
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. derivation
  2. word origins
  3. word history
  4. development of vocabulary
  5. historical-linguistics
  6. history
  7. philology
  8. onomastics
  9. origin
  10. word origin

Words Related to Etymology

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. language
  2. etymological
  3. neologism
  4. etymologically
  5. literal meaning
  6. orthography
  7. cognates

Etymology Sentence Examples

  • The etymology of the word Pali is uncertain.

  • The etymology may be wrong, but this is the popular sense of the word.

  • This etymology, however, is not much in favour now.

  • In etymology he endeavoured to find a Roman explanation of words where possible (according to him frater was =fere alter).

  • World Wide Words An excellent site giving the etymology of abracadabra (always a favorite of mine) to zorbing.

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