English noun: etymology | |||
1. | etymology (communication) a history of a word | ||
Broader (hypernym) | account, chronicle, history, story | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | folk etymology | ||
2. | etymology (cognition) the study of the sources and development of words | ||
Broader (hypernym) | linguistics | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lexicostatistics | ||