Associations to the word «Etymological»
Noun
- Lan
- Query
- Phrase
- Greek
- Surname
- Goddess
- Witchcraft
- Linguistic
- Syntax
- Sense
- Shaman
- Term
- Distinction
- Justification
- Commentary
- Treatise
- Hypothesis
- Oct
- Conjecture
- Definition
- Plato
- Name
- Methodology
- Context
- Antiquity
- Scholar
- Correspondence
- Or
- Oriental
- Max
- Derivative
- Portuguese
- Trace
- Corpus
- Spanish
- Stem
- Suggestion
- Similarity
- Zeus
- Certainty
- Resemblance
- Analysis
- Friedrich
- Vols
- Tradition
- Krishna
- Theory
- Nathan
- Means
- English
- Bce
- Embrace
- Corruption
- Abc
- Variant
Adjective
Wiktionary
ETYMOLOGICAL, adjective. (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
ETYMOLOGICAL, adjective. (comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language).
ETYMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, noun. (philosophy) (linguistics) Explanation and analysis—often considered controversial—of one or more concepts or linguistic terms by means of an exposition of their linguistic origins.
ETYMOLOGICAL HYBRID, noun. A word derived from etyma in two or more source languages; especially a word combining both and elements, such as backwardation or quadrilogy.
Dictionary definition
ETYMOLOGICAL, adjective. Based on or belonging to etymology; "I merely drew an etymological distinction".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.