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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









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