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etymological (adjective), more etymological, most etymological
1. Relating to science of the origins and development of words: This lexicon provides very good etymological and historical information regarding lots of English words.
2. A reference to or in accordance with the earliest known forms of verbal expressions: Etymological term can either refer to the same language or to ancestral ones from which other terms in the same speech are derived.
2. A reference to or in accordance with the earliest known forms of verbal expressions: Etymological term can either refer to the same language or to ancestral ones from which other terms in the same speech are derived.
(an etymological approach to learning more about English words; especially, those from Latin and Greek origins)
(This suffix has no etymological source; it is just a part of other words.)
(Greek > Latin > French: the tree Olea europaea, used in its etymological sense)
(Greek: tragoidia, a compound of tragos, "goat" and aeidein, "to sing"; goat song)
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“etymological”
Etymological Analysis Quiz #1
Analysis of Etymologies, Quiz #1.
Etymological Analysis Quiz #2
Analysis of Etymologies, Quiz #2.
pseudoetymological, pseudo-etymological (adjective); more pseudoetymological, more pseudo-etymological; most pseudoetymological, most pseudo-etymological
A reference to false origins of words or parts of words: A list of pseudoetymological words would supposedly provide different forms of terms that were developed after passing from one language to another one.