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Philology

/fɪˈlɒlədʒɪ/

The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

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📖 Definitions of "Philology"

noun
  1. 1

    The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

  2. 2

    Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

  3. 3

    (culture) Scholarship and culture, particularly classical, literary and linguistic.

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