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aetiology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (General-American)
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• /iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English aetiology Borrowed from Latin aetiologia. By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy. Doublet of aetiologia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
   • I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie]. 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, I.c:
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of causes or causation.
3. (uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
4. (countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).

Forms

Deriveds

aetiologist · palaetiology · aetiologics · etiological · etiologically · etiologic · aetiologize · aetiologic · etiologist

Relateds

ethology · ethnology · etymology · entomology

Translations (57)

el αιτιολογία (study of causes or origins) · it eziologia (study of causes or origins) · ru этиоло́гия (study of causes or origins) · cmn 病因 (origins of a disease) · tl palasanhiang-sakit (origins of a disease) · sv etiologi (study of causes or origins) · lt etiologija (study of causes or origins) · fi etiologia (origins of a disease) · cmn 原因論 /原因论 (study of causes or origins) · hu etiológia (origins of a disease) · eo etiologio (study of causes or origins) · ast etioloxía (study of causes or origins) · sh etiologija (study of causes or origins) · fi etiologia (study of causes or origins) · hu okkutatás (study of causes or origins) · uk етіоло́гія (study of causes or origins) · es etiología (study of causes or origins) · ca etiologia (study of causes or origins) · gl etioloxía (origins of a disease) · cmn 病原學 /病原学 (origins of a disease) · cs etiologie (study of causes or origins) · th สมุฏฐานวิทยา (origins of a disease) · el αιτιολογία (origins of a disease) · th สมุฏฐานโรค (origins of a disease) · nl etiologie (study of causes or origins) · hi हेतुविज्ञान (origins of a disease) · pt etiologia (study of causes or origins) · hu etiológia (study of causes or origins) · km សមុដ្ឋានវិទ្យា (study of causes or origins) · de Ätiologie (origins of a disease) · id etiologi (study of causes or origins) · fr étiologie (origins of a disease) · pl etiologia (study of causes or origins) · cmn 病因學 /病因学 (origins of a disease) · id etiologi (origins of a disease) · de Ätiologie (study of causes or origins) · ja 原因論 (study of causes or origins) · hu kóroktan (origins of a disease) · tr etiyoloji (study of causes or origins) · fr étiologie (study of causes or origins) · ast etioloxía (origins of a disease) · kmr etiyolojî (study of causes or origins) · ga cúiseolaíocht (origins of a disease) · ko 병인학 (origins of a disease) · pt etiologia (origins of a disease) · no etiologi (study of causes or origins) · mk етиологија (origins of a disease) · uk етіоло́гія (origins of a disease) · fi syyoppi (study of causes or origins) · da ætiologi (study of causes or origins) · pl etiologia (origins of a disease) · fi taudinsyy (origins of a disease) · ga bunús (study of causes or origins) · he אטיולוגיה (study of causes or origins) · sh етиологија (study of causes or origins) · gl etioloxía (study of causes or origins) · hu kórokkutatás (origins of a disease)