ethymologie

Middle English

Alternative forms

ethimologye, ethymologye, ethimilogie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛtimɔˈlɔdʒiː/, /ɛtiməˈlɔdʒiː/

Noun

ethymologie (plural ethymologies)

The purported true, primordial and innate sense of a term.
(rare, Late Middle English) The study of such senses.

Descendants

English: etymology

References

“etimoloǧīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

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