Etymology

字源

zìyuán

(account of the origin and historical development of a word)

詞根 /词根

cígēn

(account of the origin and historical development of a word)

詞源 /词源

cíyuán

(account of the origin and historical development of a word)

詞源學 /词源学

cíyuánxué

(study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

語源 /语源

yǔyuán

(account of the origin and historical development of a word)

語源學 /语源学

yǔyuánxué

(study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)