etymologies
/ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒiːz/ · noun
Meaning
- The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
- The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.
- An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
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