Etymologie

See also: etymologie, étymologie, and etymologię

German

Alternative forms

• Ethymologie

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin etymologia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɛtymoloˈɡiː], [ˌetymoloˈɡiː]

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Etymologie f (genitive Etymologie, plural Etymologien)

1. etymology

Synonyms

• (the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words): Wortforschung, Wortableitungslehre, Wortbildungslehre
• (an account of the origin and historical development of a word): Wortherkunft, Wortableitung
• Wortgeschichte

Derived terms

• Etymogelei
• etymologisch
• Etymologisierung
• Volksetymologie

Further reading

• “Etymologie” in Duden online