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Etymology

• Origin: Greek
• etymos ("true") + logos ("word, speech")

Meaning

Etymology refers to the study of the history and origin of words, including their development, changes in form and meaning, and their relationships to other words in the same or different languages.

Origin

The term "etymology" was first used by the Greek grammarian Ammonius in the 1st century BC. He defined it as "the investigation of the true meaning of words." The term was later adopted into Latin as "etymologia" and eventually into English.

Examples

Here are some examples of etymology:

• The word "disaster" comes from the Latin word "dis aster," meaning "bad star."
• The word "centipede" comes from the Latin words "centum" (meaning "hundred") and "pedis" (meaning "foot").
• The word "computer" comes from the Latin word "computare" (meaning "to calculate").

both relate terms

• ambidextrous

  Etymology The word ambidextrous originates from two Latin words ambi meaning bot

• inimical

  Etymology Latin inimīcus enemy Proto Indo European h₃en h₁kó s uncongenia

• incertitude

  Etymology From Old French incertitude from Latin incertitudinis genitive of incertitu

• simile

  Etymology The word simile originates from the Latin word similis meaning like or

• epicene

  Etymology The word epicene originates from Ancient Greek specifically from the combina

• kirtle

  Etymology and Meaning The word kirtle comes from the Middle English word kirtel whi

• respite

  Etymology of Respite The word respite comes from the Latin word respicere meaning t

• vesper

  Etymology and Origin The word vesper comes from the Latin word vesper which means

• mortgage

  Etymology The word mortgage derives from the Old French word mort meaning death a