etymology

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noun

1. a history of a word
• Derivationally related forms:
etymological, etymologist, etymologize
• Hypernyms:
history, account, chronicle, story
• Hyponyms:
folk etymology
2. the study of the sources and development of words
• Derivationally related forms:
etymological, etymologist, etymologize
• Hypernyms:
linguistics
• Hyponyms:
lexicostatistics