How to pronounce etymology
American English pronunciation
et-uh-MAH-luh-jee
- IPA
- /ˌɛtəˈmɑlədʒi/
- Syllables
- et · uh · MAH · luh · jee (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What etymology means
The history of where a word came from and how it changed
In a sentence: Looking up a word's etymology can tell you which language it came from.
Where it comes from: It comes from Greek etymon, meaning a word's true sense, and -logia, meaning the study of something.
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