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Noun: etymology  `e-tu'mó-lu-jee
  1. A history of a word
     
  2. The study of the sources and development of words

Derived forms: etymologies

See also: etymological, etymologist, etymologize

Type of: account, chronicle, history, linguistics, story

Encyclopedia: Etymology

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