etymologies

/ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒiːz/

noun

  1. 1

    The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

  2. 2

    The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.

  3. 3

    An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

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