philology
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First coined 1614, from Old French philologie, from Ancient Greek φιλολογία (philologia, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”), from φίλος (philos, “loved, beloved, dear, friend”) + λόγος (logos).
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philology (countable and uncountable; plural philologies)
- (linguistics) The humanistic study of historical linguistics.
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historical linguistics
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