(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
Used in a Sentence
etymologies
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for etymologies.
Editorial note
Are there any books exploring these unified perceptions of historical linguistic/cultural/semantic etymologies within a global or pan-humanist epistemological context?
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Definitions4
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Quick take
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of etymologies gathered in one view.
(countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
(countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for etymologies.
noun
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
noun
(countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
noun
(countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
noun
(uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
Example sentences
Are there any books exploring these unified perceptions of historical linguistic/cultural/semantic etymologies within a global or pan-humanist epistemological context?
One novel thing about Tolkien's languages: he constructed a root language (like proto-indo-european) and etymologies for them.
It seems they have pre-processed images of etymologies of most of the words and just indexing it.
The wiktionary page mentions possible Italian-NY etymologies so you fit in there.
Knowing some rudimentary Latin does let you decipher a lot of etymologies.
Have to ask, why are you providing the etymologies of these words?
Reminds me of an author who was given a brand-new Oxford English Dictionary (a 20-volume English dictionary with etymologies) by one of his fans.
And of course if I need Google, say for word etymologies, it's just a!g away.
The pronounciation of the separate words doesn't preserve their etymologies either.
If you're looking for etymologies,!etym is a much better choice.
They have similar etymologies, but their current meanings are diverging.
> Wharf = WareHouse At River Front These acronyms / backronyms are almost always bogus etymologies.
Quote examples
Having Latin and Greek etymologies doesn't make the words Latin or Greek; "cerebellar" isn't even a legal Latin adjectival form.
The word kaveri has two suggested etymologies; the first is that it's originally a variation of toveri (which is more formal; also means "friend", but has a leftist connotation, like "comrade").
A cute thing is how Portuguese "real" has two different etymologies, one from Latin regalis 'royal' (from rex 'king'), and one from Latin realis 'actual' (from res 'thing').
It might be the case that "art and engineering are not opposed", but this doesn't follow from their vaguely similar etymologies.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use etymologies in a sentence?
Are there any books exploring these unified perceptions of historical linguistic/cultural/semantic etymologies within a global or pan-humanist epistemological context?
What does etymologies mean?
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
What part of speech is etymologies?
etymologies is commonly used as noun.