Synonyms for etymology
ˌɛt əˈmɒl ə dʒiet·y·mol·o·gy

Princeton's WordNet

1. etymologynoun

   a history of a word

2. etymologynoun

   the study of the sources and development of words

Matched Categories

1. • History
   • Linguistics

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1. etymologynoun

   Synonyms:
   science of etymons

2. etymologynoun

   Synonyms:
   derivation

3. etymologynoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) inflection (of the parts of speech)

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1. Mike Kellen:

   Etymology, n.: Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for the public to believe. The term "etymology" was formed from the Latin "etus" ("eaten"), the root "mal" ("bad"), and "logy" ("study of"). It meant "the study of things that are hard to swallow."

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   ***(C)(P) I WILL NOW GIVE A NEW WORD-PLANDEMIC- TO THE BOOKS OF ETYMOLOGY, ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES. IT REFERS TO THE WIDESPREAD PLANS OF SCAMS AND SCHEMES OF BABYLON SYSTEMS TO DESTROY AND TO DISCREDIT ALL THOSE WHO WITH RIGHTEOUS WORKS TRY TO ADVANCE THE IDEALS OF REGGAE AND RASTAFARI.

3. Salman Rushdie:

   Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.