| 单词 | etymological |
| 释义 | etymological (once / 8691 pages) adj Something etymological relates to the way a word originated. You can look up a word's roots and the history of how it came to get its meaning in an etymological dictionary. Etymology is the history of words, including the way they've changed through the years. The adjective etymological describes anything that has to do with etymology. Etymological research of English words often leads back to Old English, Greek, or Latin roots. The etymological origin of etymological, in fact, is Greek: the root word etymologia means "study of the true sense of a word." WORD FAMILYetymological: etymologically+/etymologise: etymologised, etymologises, etymologising/etymologist: etymologists/etymologize: etymologizes, etymologizing/etymology: etymological, etymologies, etymologise, etymologist, etymologize USAGE EXAMPLES“It seems preferable to make Brexit feminine,” it said, “since etymologically, the component exit has a corresponding Italian noun, ‘uscita’”, which is feminine. The Guardian(Oct 19, 2016) Maybe make some effort to debunk this etymological urban legend that is unsubstantiated and more than a wee bit racist? New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) “Stamina” is etymologically the plural form of “stamen,” the pollen-producing part of a flower, and its male analogue, equivalent to “balls.” Time(Sep 28, 2016) adj based on or belonging to etymology I merely drew an etymological distinction |
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