ETYMOLOGY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the study of the sources and development of words
   Hypernyms(s) etymology is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • linguistics (what does linguistics mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • lexicostatistics (what does lexicostatistics mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • etymologize (what does etymologize mean?)
   • etymologise (what does etymologise mean?)
   • etymologize (what does etymologize mean?)
   • etymologise (what does etymologise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a history of a word
   Hypernyms(s) etymology is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • history (what does history mean?)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   • chronicle (what does chronicle mean?)
   • story (what does story mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • folk etymology (what does folk etymology mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • etymologize (what does etymologize mean?)
   • etymologise (what does etymologise mean?)
   • etymologize (what does etymologize mean?)
   • etymologise (what does etymologise mean?)