Etymology

/ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

Synonyms for "etymology" (106 found)

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Closest matches (22)

bowwow theorycomparative linguisticsderivationdescriptive linguisticsdialectologydingdong theory

Strong matches (31)

eponymyfolk etymologyglossematicsglossologyglottochronologyglottologygrammargraphemicshistorical linguisticslanguage studylexicologylexicostatisticslinguistic geographylinguistic science
Adjective(4 words)
geographic originhackneyedlatin materialinguistic origin

Related words (53)

Noun(35 words)
madelynmelospizamermaidsmozillamusophagamyosotisnycticebusocyurusorigin oforigin of formorigin of the internetorigin of the wordorigin of wordsorigins of scriptoxyurapedionomusphallaceaepilaffporphyriosalvatore
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sirloinslummingsteatornissusquehannatexarkanathimblerigtrace the origintragopogonviolaceaewaikikiwelchingword historyword originword originszimbabwe
Preposition(1 words)
of origin

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More specific

4 entries
cognate analysisetymon identificationhistorical reconstructionroot tracing

Collocations

6 entries
cognate analysisetymology dictionariesetymology fieldhistorical linguisticsroot tracingword origins

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

7 entries

Translations

136 translations across 98 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • etimologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Albanian

1 entries
  • etimologji noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐτυμολογία noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَأْثِيل noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • عِلْم تَأْثِيل noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • etimolochía noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ստուգաբանություն noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • etimulughii (roa-rup) noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ܡܲܒܗܘܼܬ ܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Asturian

1 entries
  • etimoloxía noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • etimologiya noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Basque

1 entries
  • etimologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • этымало́гія noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • этымалёгія noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Bengali

1 entries
  • শব্দতত্ত্ব noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Breton

1 entries
  • etimologiezh noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • етимоло́гия noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဗျုပ္ပတ် noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • етимоло́ґия noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Catalan

1 entries
  • etimologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 語源學 /语源学 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 詞源學 /词源学 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • 語源學 /语源学 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Corsican

1 entries
  • etimulugia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Czech

1 entries
  • etymologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Danish

1 entries
  • etymologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Dutch

2 entries
  • etymologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • woordherkomst noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • etimologio noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Estonian

1 entries
  • etümoloogia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Faroese

1 entries
  • orðaupprunafrøði noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Finnish

1 entries
  • etymologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

French

1 entries
  • étymologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Galician

1 entries
  • etimoloxía noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ეტიმოლოგია noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

German

1 entries
  • Etymologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Greek

1 entries
  • ετυμολογία noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֵטִימוֹלוֹגְיָה noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • גִּזָּרוֹן noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इश्तिक़ाक़ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • इश्तिक़ाक़ियात noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • निरुक्त noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • व्युत्पत्ति noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • etimológia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • szófejtés noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • szótörténet noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • orðsifjafræði noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Ido

1 entries
  • etimologio noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • etimologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • etymologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اِتیمولوژی noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ریشِهشِناسی noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • عِلْمِ اِشْتِقاق noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • واژِهپَژوهی noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Irish

1 entries
  • sanasaíocht noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Italian

1 entries
  • etimologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 語源学 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Javanese

1 entries
  • étimologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪದದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • этимология noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Khmer

1 entries
  • និរុត្តិសាស្ត្រ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Korean

2 entries
  • 어원 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • 어원학 noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • этимология noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Latin

1 entries
  • etymologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Latvian

1 entries
  • etimoloģija noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • etimologija noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Etymologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • етимоло́гија noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Malay

1 entries
  • etimologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നിരുക്തം noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Maltese

1 entries
  • etimoloġija noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Marathi

1 entries
  • व्युत्पत्तीशास्त्र noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • этимологи noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • үгийн гаралзүй noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ᠡᠲ᠋ᠢᠮᠣᠯᠣᠭᠢ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ᠦᠭᠡ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠷᠤᠯ ᠵᠦᠢ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Navajo

1 entries
  • bizhiʼígíí noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bêjenasî noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • etymologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • etymologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Occitan

1 entries
  • etimologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Odia

2 entries
  • ନିରୁକ୍ତ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ବ୍ୟୁତ୍ପତ୍ତି noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Pashto

3 entries
  • اشتقاق پوهنه noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • فقه اللغت noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ګړيستنه noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Polish

2 entries
  • etymologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • źródłosłów noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • etimologia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Romanian

1 entries
  • etimologie noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Russian

1 entries
  • этимоло́гия noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • निरुक्त noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • व्युत्पत्ति noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • व्युत्पत्तिशास्त्र noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • etimològija noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • етимоло̀гија noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • etimoluggìa noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නිරුක්ති විද්යාව noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Slovak

1 entries
  • etymológia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Slovene

1 entries
  • etimologija noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Spanish

1 entries
  • etimología noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Swahili

1 entries
  • etimolojia noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Swedish

1 entries
  • etymologi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • etimolohiya noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • palamuhatan noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • panuysuyan noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Tajik

2 entries
  • решашиносӣ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • этимология noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சொற்பிறப்பியல் noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వ్యుత్పత్తి noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Thai

1 entries
  • ศัพทมูลวิทยา noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཐ་སྙད་རིག་པ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ཐ་སྙད་སྒྲུབ་ཚུལ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ፍልቀተ-ቃል noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Turkish

2 entries
  • etimoloji noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • köken bilimi noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • etimologiýa noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • етимоло́гія noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اِشْتِقاق noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • اِشْتِقاقِیات noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • صَرْف noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئېتمولوگىيە noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ئېتىمولوگىيە noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • etimologiya noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • từ nguyên noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • từ nguyên học noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tümolog noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Welsh

2 entries
  • geirdarddeg noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • geirdarddiad noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עטימאָלאָגיע noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ìmọ̀ orírun-ọ̀rọ̀ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
  • ẹ̀kọ́ orírun-ọ̀rọ̀ noun (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

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A dictionary is a reference work of words or terms which are listed in alphabetical order. The words and terms included in the dictionary are described in relation to their significance, definition, etymology, orthography and grammatical form.

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Through both denotation and connotation, many Turkish names are weighty with symbolism. Before the Second World War, the European system of name-giving was adopted, and the people of Turkey chose new surnames for themselves from a list of names which had been created on the basis of etymology and semantics.

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The Italian language is often praised for its phonetic orthography. Words are written according to their pronunciation, regardless of their etymology.

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