etymology : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: etymology	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for etymology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymology n a history of a word the study of the sources and development of words
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etymology \Et`ymol"ogy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Etymologies} (-j[icr]z). [L. etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. [82]tymologie. See {Etymon}, and {-logy}.] 1. That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning. 2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.