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- Etymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/, ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its...
- Folk etymology – also known as (generative) po****r etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation –...
- etymology (fake etymology or pseudo-etymology) is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology becomes...
- Proto-Germanic *skaðwa- (meaning "shadow"). John McKinnell comments that this etymology suggests that the goddess Skaði may have once been a personification of...
- English etymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: History of the English language English words of Gr**** origin List of...
- Look up etymology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Etymology is the study of the history of words. Etymology or etymologies may also refer to: Etymologiae...
- An etymological fallacy is an argument of equivocation, arguing that a word is defined by its etymology, and that its customary usage is therefore incorrect...
- This is a list of etymological lists. List of company name etymologies List of computer term etymologies List of band name etymologies List of chemical...
- last, Scottish high king". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-10-09. Online Etymology Dictionary: "Scot" Sir Charles Oman: A History of England before the Norman...
- The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often...