etymology
美音:
[´etə´mɔlədʒı
]英音:
[´etə´mɔlədʒı
]n.语源,语源学
难易程度:
etymology为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:etymologies
词根
log,loqu,locut=to speak(说话)
近义词, 同义词
etymology
/,etɪ'mɒlədʒɪ; ,ɛtə`mɑlədʒɪ/
n
1 [U] study of the origin and history of words and their meanings 词源学.
2 [C] account of the origin and history of a particular word 词源
*This dictionary does not give etymologies. 这部词典不介绍词源.
etymology
n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: etymologia, from Greek, from etymon 'original meaning', from etymos 'true']
[U]
the study of the origins, history, and changing meanings of words
[C]
a description of the history of a word
>etymologistn[C]
>etymological [,etɪmə'lɔdʒɪkəl (US) -'lɑː-/