Tag: Study

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,”