Etymologies

• Contract

  Quote

  Understanding the distinction between quotes and contracts can save you from financial and legal headaches.

  Etymology English Link to heading

  to contract Link to heading

  “to draw into a smaller compass, become smaller, shrink”
  “make an agreement, enter into a contract, agree or establish to undertake mutually,”
  “to draw several objects together; draw in, shorten, lessen, abridge,”
  “make a bargain, make an agreement,”

• Etymology

  Etymology is detective work across centuries, and it’s devilishly hard work, like finding a needle in a haystack.

  Rebecca. F. Kuang

  Etymology English Link to heading

  ethimolegia - “facts of the origin and development of a word,”
  “analysis of a word to find its true origin,” properly “study of the true sense (of a word),”

  etymon “true sense, original meaning,”
  -logia “study of, a speaking of”
  -logy “a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,”

Etymology English Link to heading

ethimolegia - “facts of the origin and development of a word,”
“analysis of a word to find its true origin,” properly “study of the true sense (of a word),”

etymon “true sense, original meaning,”
-logia “study of, a speaking of”
-logy “a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,”

Etymologie Deutsch Link to heading

etymologia - “Erklärung der Wörter aus ihrem Wortstamm, Lehre von der Wortableitung”
“Lehre von der Herkunft und Entwicklung der Wörter, historisch-vergleichende Wortforschung”,

étymos (ἔτυμος) “wahr, wahrhaftig”,
-lógos (-λόγος) Nomen agentis zu griech. légein (λέγειν) “sammeln, sagen, vortragen”
-loge Kompositionsglieder in Bezeichnungen für ‘Vertreter einer wissenschaftlichen Disziplin, Fachwissenschaftler’
-logie ‘wissenschaftliche Disziplin, Fachwissenschaft’

eigentlich als “Lehre vom wahren Sinn der Wörter”.

Etimología Español Link to heading

etymologia - “cualidad de la verdad de la palabra”, “Origen de las palabras, razón de su existencia, de su significación y de su forma”.

La palabra ἔτυμος (etymos = verdadero)
La palabra λόγος (logos = palabra, expresión)

Étymologie Française Link to heading

etymologia “étymologie”, lui-même empr. au gr. ε ̓ τυμολογι ́ α “id.”, composé de ε ́ τυμος “vrai” et de l’élément -λογια (cf. -logie), signifiant proprement “recherche du vrai”.