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Etymology N Branch Origin French Etymologia Study 词源

单词 etymology
音标 [`eti'mɔlədʒi]
解释 n.语源学
红宝书 【英】 n. 语源学(the branch of linguistics dealing with word origin and development)
【记】 来自etymon(词源,词 根)
字源 etymology (n.)
late 14c., ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French et(h)imologie (14c., Modern French étymologie), from Latin etymologia, from Greek etymologia, properly "study of the true sense (of a word)," from etymon "true sense" (neuter of etymos "true, real, actual," related to eteos "true") + -logia "study of, a speaking of" (see -logy).
In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories. Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium. As a branch of linguistic science, from 1640s. Related: Etymological; etymologically.
不择手段背单词 n. 词源; 词源学
【记】etymon(n 字的原形; 词源; 字根)
趣味全助记 【记】stem 源于

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