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• Etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  Etymology is the study of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.

• Online Etymology Dictionary

  History and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical terms.

• etymology definition |Dictionary.com

  noun, plural -gies. 1. the derivation of a word. 2. an account of the history of a particular word or element of a word. 3. the study of historical linguistic change, esp. as ...