adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to etymology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
etymological
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɛt.ɪ.məˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage or the source language).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
based on or belonging to etymology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I merely drew an etymological distinction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- 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-der.? 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.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: etimologies — of or relating to etymology
- Albanian: etimologjik — of or relating to etymology
- Armenian: ստուգաբանական (stugabanakan) — of or relating to etymology
- Asturian: etimolóxicu — of or relating to etymology
- Azerbaijani: etimoloji — of or relating to etymology
- Belarusian: этымалагі́чны (etymalahíčny) — of or relating to etymology
- Bulgarian: етимологичен (etimologičen) — of or relating to etymology
- Catalan: etimològic — of or relating to etymology
- Czech: etymologický — of or relating to etymology
- Danish: etymologisk — of or relating to etymology
- Dutch: etymologisch — of or relating to etymology
- Esperanto: etimologia — of or relating to etymology
- Estonian: etümoloogiline — of or relating to etymology
- Finnish: etymologinen — of or relating to etymology
- French: étymologique — of or relating to etymology
- Galician: etimolóxico — of or relating to etymology
- Georgian: ეტიმოლოგიური (eṭimologiuri) — of or relating to etymology
- German: etymologisch — of or relating to etymology
- Greek: ετυμολογικός (etymologikós) — of or relating to etymology
- Haitian Creole: etimolojik — of or relating to etymology
- Hungarian: etimológiai — of or relating to etymology
- Icelandic: orðsifjafræðilegur — of or relating to etymology
- Italian: etimologico — of or relating to etymology
- Japanese: 語源的 — of or relating to etymology
- Korean: 어원의 (eowonui) — of or relating to etymology
- Latvian: etimoloģisks — of or relating to etymology
- Lithuanian: etimologinis — of or relating to etymology
- Luxembourgish: etymologesch — of or relating to etymology
- Macedonian: етимолошки (etimološki) — of or relating to etymology
- Manx: bun-ocklagh — of or relating to etymology
- Norwegian: etymologisk — of or relating to etymology
- Occitan: etimologic — of or relating to etymology
- Polish: etymologiczny — of or relating to etymology
- Portuguese: etimológico — of or relating to etymology
- Romanian: etimologic — of or relating to etymology
- Romansh: etimologic — of or relating to etymology
- Russian: этимологи́ческий (etimologíčeskij) — of or relating to etymology
- Serbo-Croatian: етимолошки — of or relating to etymology
- Serbo-Croatian: etimòloškī — of or relating to etymology
- Slovene: etimološki — of or relating to etymology
- Spanish: etimológico — of or relating to etymology
- Swedish: etymologisk — of or relating to etymology
- Tajik: этимологӣ (etimologi) — of or relating to etymology
- Turkmen: etimologik — of or relating to etymology
- Ukrainian: етимологі́чний (etymolohíčnyj) — of or relating to etymology
- Finnish: etymologinen — etymologically consistent
- Italian: etimologico — etymologically consistent
- Polish: etymologiczny — etymologically consistent
- Serbo-Croatian: etimòloškī — etymologically consistent
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