Etymology of the English word etymology
the English word
etymologyderived from the Old French word
ethimologiederived from the Medieval Latin word
ethimologiaderived from the Latin word
etymologia (etymology)
derived from the Greek word
etumologia, ἐτυμολογία
derived from the Greek word
etumon, ἔτυμον (true meaning)
derived from the Greek word
etumos, ἔτυμος
using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Old French word
etymologyderived from the Greek word
etumologia, ἐτυμολογία
derived from the Greek word
etumon, ἔτυμον (true meaning)
derived from the Greek word
etumos, ἔτυμος
using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of etymology in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
etymologie, French
étymologie, German
Etymologie, Italian
etimologia, Lithuanian
etimologija, Norwegian
etymologi, Polish
etymologia, Russian
этимoлoгия, Swedish
etymologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
