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etymological

/et-uh-mol-uh-jee/US // ˌɛt əˈmɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒɪ) //

词源学,语源学,词义学,词义

Related Words

origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地development发展,开发,发展情况derivation衍生,衍生品,衍生产品,导出source来源,消息来源,源,资料来源root根,根基,根源,根部etymon本义词,本义,字母,本名

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural et·y·mol·o·gies.

    • : the derivation of a word.
    • : a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or element of a word, often delineating its spread from one language to another and its evolving changes in form and meaning.
    • : the study of historical linguistic change, especially as manifested in individual words.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
grammatical语法上的,语法,语法上,语法学lingual语言学,语言,语文,语系dialectal方言,地方话,土语,土话lexemic词汇学,词性,词法,词义lexical词法,词义,词性,词汇morphological形态学,形态学的,形态学上,形态学上的philological语言学,文字学,语言学的,语文学phonemic音位,语音,音位法,音位学phonetic语音,语气词,语音识别,语音的phonological语音学,语音,语言学,语音学的syntactical句法,句法学,句法的,句法上的

Examples

  • “Device” and “divide” are etymological cousins; a good dramatic device often divides characters from what's “really” going on.

  • In a word, the term contains a series of expressive innuendos by its etymological derivation.

  • Neither progress in the languages nor knowledge of mathematics can compensate for the want of a thorough etymological discipline.

  • Another etymological example sometimes cited is the derivation of the English uncle from the Latin avus.

  • But in German, the etymological connexion between Sitte (custom) and Sittlichkeit (morality) is immediately apparent.

  • The hyphen distinguishes the etymological meaning of these words as distinguished from their derived and ordinary meaning.

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