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 --
The etymology of the word ghazal is 'talking to a woman about love'.
It claims 75,000 'clear and authoritative definitions of words and phrases, with pronunciations and etymologies', plus 6,000 encyclopedic items and a range of general-knowledge appendices.
In short, false analogy may occur after adaptation has taken place and be carried out mainly by monolinguals as a type of folk etymology.
Each entry consists of definitions, spelling, pronunciations, etymologies, biographical background, and plot summaries (where relevant).
One of the weaknesses of existing models concerns stacking restrictions and etymology.
For example, during the 19th century, dubious research reports on racial variances in mental health helped to obscure the social etymology of illness and disease.
Finally, the etymology of robot is not clear.
Their etymology alone can tell us a great deal about how thinking is perceived in terms of our interaction with the physical realm.