Etymologie

See also: etymologie, étymologie, and etymologię

German

Alternative forms

Ethymologie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˌɛtymoloˈɡiː], [ˌetymoloˈɡiː]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Etymologie f (genitive Etymologie, plural Etymologien)

etymology
Synonym: Wortgeschichte

Declension

Declension of Etymologie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Etymologie	die	Etymologien
genitive	einer	der	Etymologie	der	Etymologien
dative	einer	der	Etymologie	den	Etymologien
accusative	eine	die	Etymologie	die	Etymologien

Synonyms

(the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words): Wortforschung, Wortableitungslehre, Wortbildungslehre
(an account of the origin and historical development of a word): Wortherkunft, Wortableitung

Derived terms

Further reading

“Etymologie” in Duden online
“Etymologie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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