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- Etymology - n. - That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
- Etymology - n. - That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
- Etymologize - v. t. - To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.