Etymonically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.
"Xu Shen's Explanation of Words and Characters divides the ways of making Chinese characters into six kinds: indicator graphs, pictographs, form and voice compounds, etymonic compounds, graphically and etymonically related pairs, and phonetic loan characters."
Example
More examples"Xu Shen's Explanation of Words and Characters divides the ways of making Chinese characters into six kinds: indicator graphs, pictographs, form and voice compounds, etymonic compounds, graphically and etymonically related pairs, and phonetic loan characters."
Etymology
From etymonic + -ally.
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