ethymologie

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛtimɔˈlɔdʒiː/, /ɛtiməˈlɔdʒiː/

Noun[edit]

ethymologie (plural ethymologies)

  1. The purported true, primordial and innate sense of a term.
  2. (rare, Late Middle English) The study of such senses.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: etymology

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