Etymologie

See also: etymologie, étymologie, and etymologię

German

Alternative forms

  • Ethymologie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌɛtymoloˈɡiː], [ˌetymoloˈɡiː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Etymologie f (genitive Etymologie, plural Etymologien)

  1. etymology
    Synonym: Wortgeschichte

Declension

Declension of Etymologie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Etymologie die Etymologien
genitive einer der Etymologie der Etymologien
dative einer der Etymologie den Etymologien
accusative eine die Etymologie die Etymologien

Synonyms

  • (the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words): Wortforschung, Wortableitungslehre, Wortbildungslehre
  • (an account of the origin and historical development of a word): Wortherkunft, Wortableitung

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