Etymologie
See also: etymologie, étymologie, and etymologię
German
Alternative forms
- Ethymologie
Etymology
From Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌɛtymoloˈɡiː], [ˌetymoloˈɡiː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noun
Etymologie f (genitive Etymologie, plural Etymologien)
- etymology
Declension
Declension of Etymologie
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Etymologie | die | Etymologien |
| genitive | einer | der | Etymologie | der | Etymologien |
| dative | einer | der | Etymologie | den | Etymologien |
| accusative | eine | die | Etymologie | die | Etymologien |
Synonyms
- (the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words): Wortforschung, Wortableitungslehre, Wortbildungslehre
- (an account of the origin and historical development of a word): Wortherkunft, Wortableitung
- Wortgeschichte
Derived terms
- Etymogelei
- etymologisch
- Etymologisierung
- Volksetymologie
Further reading
- Etymologie in Duden online