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Pronunciation

• /ˌɛt.ɪ.məˈlɒdʒ.ɪk.li/
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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 Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English etymologically From etymological + -ly.

Meanings

1. Based on or belonging to etymology.
   • The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar." 2004 May 18, Robin Tolmach Lakoff, “ESSAY; From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021:
   • The German language, as far as I know, is the only one in the world in which the words for debt and guilt are etymologically the same — the word for debt is “Schulden,” and for guilt it’s “Schuld.” 2014 October 20, Jochen Bittner, “Germany Without Angst? That Worries Me.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2021:

Forms

Relateds

etymological · etymology · etymologist

Translations (19)

nl etymologisch (Based on or belonging to etymology) · gl etimoloxicamente (Based on or belonging to etymology) · fr étymologiquement (Based on or belonging to etymology) · ru этимологи́чески (Based on or belonging to etymology) · es etimológicamente (Based on or belonging to etymology) · tr etimolojik olarak (Based on or belonging to etymology) · cs etymologicky (Based on or belonging to etymology) · el ετυμολογικά (Based on or belonging to etymology) · fi etymologisesti (Based on or belonging to etymology) · pl etymologicznie (Based on or belonging to etymology) · eo etimologie (Based on or belonging to etymology) · hy ստուգաբանորեն (Based on or belonging to etymology) · pt etimologicamente (Based on or belonging to etymology) · ca etimològicament (Based on or belonging to etymology) · de etymologisch (Based on or belonging to etymology) · hu etimológiailag (Based on or belonging to etymology) · it etimologicamente (Based on or belonging to etymology) · el ετυμολογικώς (Based on or belonging to etymology) · ka ეტიმოლოგიურად (Based on or belonging to etymology)