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Meaning of etymologies

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

etymologies

Pronunciation:/ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒiːz/

noun

Definitions

  1. The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

  2. The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.

  3. An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/etymologieshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/etymology

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