late 14c., ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word,"
from O.Fr. et(h)imologie (14c., Mod.Fr. étymologie), from L. etymologia,
from Gk. etymologia, properly "study of the true sense (of a word),"
from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true, real, actual," related to eteos "true") + -logia
"study of, a speaking of" (see -logy). In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories.
Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.
As a branch of linguistic science, from 1640s.
Related: Etymological; etymologically.
from O.Fr. et(h)imologie (14c., Mod.Fr. étymologie), from L. etymologia,
from Gk. etymologia, properly "study of the true sense (of a word),"
from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true, real, actual," related to eteos "true") + -logia
"study of, a speaking of" (see -logy). In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories.
Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.
As a branch of linguistic science, from 1640s.
Related: Etymological; etymologically.
