etymological en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛt.ɪ.məˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etymological From etymology + -ical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
But it goes without saying that this etymological argument in and of itself has no significance, since a word taken from a dead language may resultantly assume a meaning independent of its etymology.
1877, Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, translated by Valerie Z. Nollan, The Philosophical Principles of Integral Knowledge, Eerdmans, published 2008, →ISBN, page 58:
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(comparable, of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage or the source language).
“Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.
2005 April 11, Philip Howard, “Modern Manners”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more etymological | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most etymological | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
etymologically · quasi-etymological · etymological argument · etymological hybrid · pseudoetymological · etymological fallacy · nonetymological · unetymological
Relateds
etymon · folk-etymological · etymology · etymologist
Translations (49)
gl etimolóxico (of or relating to etymology) · az etimoloji (of or relating to etymology) · sh etimòloškī (of or relating to etymology) · ja 語源的 (of or relating to etymology) · ast etimolóxicu (of or relating to etymology) · hy ստուգաբանական (of or relating to etymology) · it etimologico (of or relating to etymology) · lt etimologinis (of or relating to etymology) · be этымалагі́чны (of or relating to etymology) · tk etimologik (of or relating to etymology) · ko 어원의 (of or relating to etymology) · ru этимологи́ческий (of or relating to etymology) · pt etimológico (of or relating to etymology) · bg етимологичен (of or relating to etymology) · sl etimološki (of or relating to etymology) · nl etymologisch (of or relating to etymology) · tg этимологӣ (of or relating to etymology) · fi etymologinen (of or relating to etymology) · pl etymologiczny (etymologically consistent) · sh etimòloškī (etymologically consistent) · pl etymologiczny (of or relating to etymology) · da etymologisk (of or relating to etymology) · sq etimologjik (of or relating to etymology) · no etymologisk (of or relating to etymology) · es etimológico (of or relating to etymology) · lv etimoloģisks (of or relating to etymology) · gv bun-ocklagh (of or relating to etymology) · ro etimologic (of or relating to etymology) · hu etimológiai (of or relating to etymology) · sv etymologisk (of or relating to etymology) · oc etimologic (of or relating to etymology) · fi etymologinen (etymologically consistent) · ka ეტიმოლოგიური (of or relating to etymology) · cs etymologický (of or relating to etymology) · af etimologies (of or relating to etymology) · lb etymologesch (of or relating to etymology) · de etymologisch (of or relating to etymology) · eo etimologia (of or relating to etymology) · it etimologico (etymologically consistent) · fr étymologique (of or relating to etymology) · el ετυμολογικός (of or relating to etymology) · uk етимологі́чний (of or relating to etymology) · et etümoloogiline (of or relating to etymology) · mk етимолошки (of or relating to etymology) · ht etimolojik (of or relating to etymology) · sh етимолошки (of or relating to etymology) · rm etimologic (of or relating to etymology) · ca etimològic (of or relating to etymology) · is orðsifjafræðilegur (of or relating to etymology)