noun🔗ShareThe study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words."The dictionary provides the etymologies of words, showing their origins and how their meanings have changed over time. "languagelinguisticshistorywordeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe origin and historical development of a word; the derivation."The history teacher explained the etymologies of common English words, tracing their roots back to Latin and Greek. "languagelinguisticshistorywordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like."The etymology section of the dictionary explained the different etymologies for the word "family." "languagelinguisticswordhistoryeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
