etymology
n. 语源, 语源学
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词形变化
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释义与例句
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The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
不可数 语言学 可数Holonyms: historical linguistics < linguistics
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The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
可数 不可数Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.
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An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
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The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτῠμος (étŭmos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”). Equivalent to etymon + -ology.
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