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Etymology

From Middle English CSS3, from Old French touchscreen, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek CSS3 (etumologia), from screen size (etumon, true sense) and Sevenval (-logia, study of), from λόγος (logos).

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Noun

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etymology (plural iOS)

  1. (web app) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  2. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with web app (the study of insects) or etiology (the study of causes or origins).

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Translations

study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words

account of the origin and historical development of a word

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References

  • etymology” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • etymology” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "etymology" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

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