Synonyms for Etymology:

n.
• cognition (noun)
- etymology.
• derivation (noun)
- de scent,
- well spring,
- whence came,
- well springs,
- be-ginning,
- de-scent,
- whence it cames,
- de-scents,
- whence cames,
- be ginning,
- well-springs,
- de scents.
• etymology (noun)
- semantics,
- lexicology,
- word-lore,
- source.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- derivation,
- social science,
- Well-spring,
- story,
- chronicle,
- linguistics,
- spin-off,
- science,
- whence it came,
- account,
- spin off,
- history.
Other synonyms:
- lexicography.
- origin,
- language.
• derivation
- historical linguistics,
- word origins,
- development of vocabulary,
- word history,
- onomastics,
- philology.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- fascinate,
- phrase origin,
- agronomy,
- structuralism,
- phrase history,
- blend,
- root,
- phonology,
- swallow up,
- assimilate,
- paleography,
- filiation,
- Etymologies,
- linguistic geography,
- descriptive linguistics,
- engross,
- absorb,
- ancestry,
- apposition,
- graphemics,
- Dingdong theory,
- word origin,
- swallow,
- pedigree,
- sociolinguistics,
- consume,
- occupy,
- glottogony,
- expenditure,
- imbibe,
- captivate,
- morphology,
- enthrall,
- drown,
- acoustics,
- morphophonemics,
- multiplied,
- genealogy,
- bury,
- etymologist,
- beginning,
- engage,
- Eponymy,
- amuse,
- Dialectology,
- immerse,
- archeology,
- Glottology,
- archaeology,
- blood,
- affix,
- lineage,
- occupies,
- lexicostatistics,
- architecture,
- anaphora,
- Glossology,
- appropriacy,
- birth,
- bloodline,
- suck,
- folk etymology,
- comparative linguistics,
- agriculture,
- glottochronology,
- cause,
- derivative,
- compound,
- linguistic science,
- acquisition,
- foundation,
- possess,
- development,
- psycholinguistics,
- descent,
- engulf,
- syntactics,
- extraction,
- etymon,
- aesthetics,
- grammar,
- inflection,
- phonetics,
- paleology,
- attainment,
- Anthropology.

How to use "Etymology" in context?

Etymology is the study of the origins of words. It is the activity of uncovering the history and meaning of words, and the connection between words and their origins. The word "etymology" is derived from the Greek word etiologia, meaning "the study of causes." Etymology is a field of linguistics, which is the study of language. It covers the origins, historical development, changing usage, and meaning of words. Etymologists analyze words to determine their meaning, origins, and changes over time. They also study how words are used in different languages.

Homophones for Etymology:

ethnology, ethnologic, etymologize, etymologise.

Hypernym for Etymology:

n.
- cognition
  lexicostatistics.
- communication
  folk etymology.

Hyponym for Etymology:

n.
- cognition
  linguistics.
- communication
  chronicle, account, story, history.

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