Etymology

[,etɪ'mɒlədʒɪ] or [,ɛtɪ'mɑlədʒi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the study of the sources and development of words.

(noun.) a history of a word.

贺拉斯校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.

(n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

校對:奥斯瓦德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Science of etymons.[2]. Derivation.[3]. (Gram.) Inflection (of the parts of speech).

欧内斯特整理

解釋/意思:

n. the investigation of the derivation and original signification of words: the science that treats of the origin and history of words: the part of grammar relating to inflection.—adjs. Etym′ic; Etymolog′ical.—adv. Etymolog′ically.—ns. Etymolog′icon -cum an etymological dictionary.—v.t. Etymol′ogise to give or search into the etymology of a word.—ns. Etymol′ogist one skilled in or who writes on etymology; Et′ymon the origin of a word: an original root: the genuine or literal sense of a word.

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