ethymologie

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛtimɔˈlɔd͡ʒiː(ə)/, /ɛtiməˈlɔd͡ʒiː(ə)/

Noun

ethymologie (plural ethymologies)

  1. The purported true, primordial and innate sense of a term.
  2. (rare, Late Middle English) The study of such senses.

Descendants

  • English: etymology

References

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