0 the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word:
1 the origin and history of a word or words, or the study of word origins
Tales of swollen feet, burial ceremonies, and sea plants are mixed in with reports of military traditions, place name etymologies and accounts of hospitality rituals.
The section ends with a brief note on etymology, including one or two pointers to etymological abbreviations and conventions found in dictionaries.
Its discussion of etymology is balanced and quite careful.
People are very good at folk etymologies that puts some pressure on getting the dictionary out before more of them become too entrenched in writing.
The term, in all probability an acronym, has an elusive etymology.
I have not found comparable etymologies for the words considered here in the works she cites.
The strong association of the ceremonial drink with a swizzle stick is pragmatic evidence for the etymology suggested.
Their etymology alone can tell us a great deal about how thinking is perceived in terms of our interaction with the physical realm.
