OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 72

etymology

/ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
etimología
An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
Etymologies appeal to people with a very wide variety of interests and intellectual backgrounds. A very few people, such as myself, spend most of their time researching etymologies…
I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names.
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