Etymology - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌetɪˈmɑːlədʒɪ|
Brit.
|ˌetɪˈmɒlədʒɪ|
noun
- a history of a word
- the study of the sources and development of words
- the study of the sources and development of words
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Several different etymologies have been proposed.
The words have the same spelling but different etymologies.
Word forms
noun
singular: etymology
plural: etymologies
singular: etymology
plural: etymologies
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