Etymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/, ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its...

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation –...

etymology (fake etymology or pseudo-etymology) is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology becomes...

Look up etymology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Etymology is the study of the history of words. Etymology or etymologies may also refer to: Etymologiae...

Proto-Germanic *skaðwa- (meaning "shadow"). John McKinnell comments that this etymology suggests that the goddess Skaði may have once been a personification of...

English etymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: History of the English language English words of Greek origin List of...

An etymological fallacy is an argument of equivocation, arguing that a word is defined by its etymology, and that its customary usage is therefore incorrect...

last, Scottish high king". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-10-09. Online Etymology Dictionary: "Scot" Sir Charles Oman: A History of England before the Norman...

The etymology of the various Chinese words for the English word tea reflects the history of transmission of tea drinking culture and trade from China...

This article describes the etymology of Wales, a country of the United Kingdom. The English words "Wales" and "Welsh" derive from the same Old English...

is a list of etymological lists. List of computer term etymologies List of band name etymologies List of chemical element name etymologies Non-loanwords...

The Etymologies may refer to: The Etymologies (Tolkien), a 1930s word-list for his Elvish languages Etymologiae, also called The Etymologies, written by...

Etymology and theories on the origins of the word 'hippie'...

original on 27 April 2011. "Asia – Origin and meaning of Asia by Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017...

An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's...

Sarajevo (/ˌsærəˈjeɪvoʊ/ SARR-ə-YAY-voh) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative...

Karnataka is an Indian state. Several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka. The region was popularly referred to as 'kar nata’ literally...

The name Gautam (also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama or Gowtham and a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama) is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived...

The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often...

this etymology could also explain the nickname "Egyptian black arts". However, according to Mahn, this theory may be an example of folk etymology. Assuming...

commercial centre in Roman Britain. The etymology of the name is uncertain. There is a long history of mythicising etymologies, such as the twelfth-century Historia...

classical texts which do not necessarily have the same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is closely linked to that of the place name Arabia. The root...

Argentina (an Italian adjective meaning "silvery") is ultimately derived from the Latin argentum "silver" and the feminine of the adjectival suffix -inus...

but several theories have been suggested. A number of etymologies (some of them folk etymologies) have been proposed, all of which suggest that the name...

(disambiguation) Etymology Toponymy United States History of California History of California before 1900 List of state and territory name etymologies of the United...

May 2014. Evans 1982, p. 17. Room, pp. 118–119. Blackie, Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations, 68. Gelling, Nicolaisen...

English-language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics are endonyms...

settlement beside a khal (which means canal in English) According to a folk etymology, Britishers, when they visited the city, saw the goddess with a skull...

This article lists the etymology of chemical elements of the periodic table. Throughout the history of chemistry, many chemical elements have been discovered...

are missing." The Oxford English Dictionary states that the ultimate etymology is uncertain, but that the word is "probably cognate" with a number of...