NOUN | communication | etymology | a history of a word |
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cognition | etymology | the study of the sources and development of words |
Sounds | eh.tahmaa'lahjhiy; eh.tihmaa'lahjhiy | |
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Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... |
Meaning | A history of a word. | |
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Narrower | folk etymology | A popular but erroneous etymology |
Broader | history, account, chronicle, story | A record or narrative description of past events |
Spanish | etimología | |
Catalan | etimologia | |
Adjectives | etymological | based on or belonging to etymology |
Nouns | etymologist | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology |
Verbs | etymologize | construct the history of words |
etymologize | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) |
Meaning | The study of the sources and development of words. | |
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Narrower | lexicostatistics | A statistical technique used in glottochronology |
Broader | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Spanish | etimología | |
Catalan | etimologia | |
Adjectives | etymological | based on or belonging to etymology |
Nouns | etymologist | a lexicographer who specializes in etymology |
Verbs | etymologize | construct the history of words |
etymologize | give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) |
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