etymology

     

Etymology is the stuy of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.

Trivia about etymology

  • This word comes from the Greek etymon, "the meaning of a word from its origin" & logos, "word"
  • If you want to study the history of words, try this, from the Greek for "true sense of a word"
  • This -ology, the history of a word, appears in square brackets following the definition of the word
  • It's the derivation of a word, or the study of it
  • The this of this is: from the Greek for "true sense of a word"
  • The origin of this -ology, the study of word origins, goes back to the Greek for "true word"