- 看过 etymology 的人也看了 :
- origin
- development
- derivation
- source
- root
- etymon
etymology 的定义
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.
etymology 近义词
word history
etymology 的近义词 10 个
etymology 的反义词 6 个
更多etymology例句
- I moved to Washington in 1988 with the folk etymology of lobbyist firmly in mind.
- The Daily Beast reached out to Eschliman to ask about the definition and etymology of the term "Gaystapo."
- Its origins and etymology are veiled in mystery: cha is Chinese for “tea,” but debates rage over those first two syllables.
- Since etymology is epicentral to politics, the new titles that the Republican and Democratic parties choose must be right.
- He understands this to mean "sheltered, secure from wind;" and he asks to what etymology this sense can be attributed.
- I would have made the Saracens descend from Sarah; the etymology would then have been neater.
- No amount of brainwork has conjured any sense from Iffley, and the etymology has been placed on the shelf as “unknown”.
- In a moment of noteworthy frankness Prof. Skeat has admitted that “Scientific etymology is usually clumsy and frequently wrong”.
- The official etymology of June is “probably from root of Latin juvenis, junior,” but where is the sense in this?