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ETYMOLOGY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Meaning of etymology in English etymology noun [ C or U ] us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌet̬.ɪˈmɑː.lə.dʒi / uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌet.ɪˈmɒl.ə.dʒi / Add to word list Add to word list the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word: At college she developed an interest in etymology. A list of selected words and their etymologies is printed at the back of the book . Linguistic terms & linguistic style accentual affricate allophone allophony analogist bathos distributive distributively downtoner easy read emphatic parallelism paratactic paratactically parataxis pathetic fallacy philological polysemous rhetorician tautology See more results » Related words etymological etymologically etymologist (Definition of etymology from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) etymology | Intermediate English etymology noun [ C/U ] us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌet̬·əˈmɑl·ə·dʒi / Add to word list Add to word list English the origin and history of a word or words, or the study of word origins (Definition of etymology from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of etymology etymology The modern term may have come from these origins, but the etymology is in dispute. From NPR These false backronyms contradict the verifiable etymology , as follows. From CNN For words that appear in the dictionary, you'll be able to see etymology and a graph of its use over time alongside the definition. From TIME The urge to know an etymology can come on suddenly, after all, and be a mental itch that demands to be scratched. From Slate Magazine Books on word etymologies, history and urban legends, stacked two-deep in the couple's library. From NPR These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of etymology ? Translations of etymology in Chinese (Traditional) 詞源學, 詞源說明… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 词源学, 词源说明… See more in Spanish etimología… See more in Portuguese etimologia… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian kökenbilim, etimoloji, köken bilim… See more étymologie… See more etymologie… See more etymologie… See more etymologi… See more etomologi, etimologi… See more วิชาว่าด้วยประวัติที่มาของคำ, กำเนิดและการพัฒนาของคำ… See more từ nguyên học, từ nguyên… See more etymologia… See more etymologi… See more etimologi… See more die Etymologie… See more etymologi… See more етимологія… See more Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! 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