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1. Etymology: Etymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes. It is a subfield of historical linguistics, philology, and semiotics, and ... (Study of the history of the forms of words) [100%] 2024-01-06 [Etymology] [Etymologists]...
2. Etymology: Etymology is the study of how words and language have changed through time. [100%] 2023-02-21 [Linguistics] [Language]...
3. Etymology: Not to be confused with entomology. Etymology is the study of the origins of words, and how their form and meanings change or develop over time. [100%] 2023-08-26
4. Etymology: Etymology is the study of word and phrase origins. Properly done, it is a critical component to understanding the evolution of, and relationships between, languages. [100%] 2023-12-07 [Fallacies of ambiguity] [Language]...
5. Etymology: Etymology is the study of the origin of Graphemes meanings. The nuances of language can be better grasped by users if the origin of the word or phrase used is understudy. [100%] 2024-01-08 [Etymology] [Resources last modified in April 2019]...
6. Etymology: Etymology, that part or branch of the science of linguistics which deals with the origin or derivation of words. The Greek word ἔτυμος, in so far as it was applied to words, referred to the real underlying meaning rather than to ... [100%] 2022-09-02
7. Etymology of hippie: According to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, the terms hipster and hippie derive from the word hip and the synonym hep, whose origins are disputed. The words hip and hep first surfaced in slang around the beginning of the 20th century and ... (Etymology and theories on the origins of the word 'hippie') [57%] 2023-12-14 [Etymologies] [Hippie movement]...
8. Etymology of Kainuu: The origin of the name Kainuu has been disputed among Finnish historians and linguistics. Kainuu is a region of Finland. [57%] 2023-12-30 [Historiography of Finland] [Place name etymologies]...
9. Etymology of tea: The etymology of the various words for tea reflects the history of transmission of tea drinking culture and trade from China to countries around the world. Nearly all of the words for tea worldwide fall into three broad groups: te ... (History and origins of the word "tea") [57%] 2023-12-20 [Etymologies] [Tea]...
10. Etymology of cannabis: The plant name Cannabis is derived originally from a Scythian or Thracian word, which loaned into Persian as kanab, then into Greek as κάνναβις (kánnabis) and subsequently into Latin as cannabis. The Germanic word that gives rise to English hemp (Old ... (Biology) [57%] 2023-12-18 [Cannabis]
11. Etymology of California: Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las Sergas de Esplandián. The novel ... (Origin of the name California) [57%] 2023-12-15 [Etymology of California]
12. Etymology of electricity: The word electricity derives from Neo-Latin and ultimately Greek. It first appears in English in Francis Bacon's writings. (Physics) [57%] 2023-12-15 [Electricity]
13. Etymology of Ayyavazhi: This etymological topic deals with the origin, regeneration and evolution of various names by which Ayyavazhi is referred or identified throughout the period of Ayyavazhi history. Though the name 'Ayyavazhi' is commonly used and the most accepted term to represent ... [57%] 2022-09-26 [Ayyavazhi]
14. Etymology of Shia: Template:Arabicterm Shi‘a ("followers" or "partisans") as an Islamic term traces its etymology to the very first century of Islam. The singular/adjective form of Shi‘ah (Arabic: شيعة) is Shi‘i (Arabic: شيعي). (Religion) [57%] 2023-11-07 [Shia Islam]
15. Etymology of Jämtland: The etymology of Jämtland entails the origin, history, and use of the name Jämtland which dates back to 11th century Scandinavia. The name is first found on the northernmost runestone in Europe, the Frösö Runestone, as eotalont (in normalized Old Norse ... [57%] 2024-08-03 [History of Jämtland] [Place name etymologies]...
16. Etymology of California: Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las sergas de Esplandián. The novel ... (Origin of the name California) [57%] 2024-07-22 [Etymology of California]
17. Etymology of Norway: Norway has two official names: Norge in Bokmål and Noreg in Nynorsk. The English name Norway comes from the Old English word Norþweg mentioned in 880, meaning "northern way" or "way leading to the north", which is how the Anglo ... (Social) [57%] 2024-09-08 [Etymology]
18. Etymology of Cooch Behar: Cooch Behar is the district headquarters and the largest town of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The name Cooch Behar is derived from two words—Cooch, a corrupted form of the word Koch, the name ... [50%] 2023-11-27 [History of Cooch Behar] [Place name etymologies]...
19. Etymology of ham radio: Ham is an informal term for an amateur radio operator, and, by extension, "ham radio" refers to amateur radio in general. This use of the word first appeared in the United States during the opening decade of the twentieth century ... [50%] 2023-07-23
20. Etymology of the Name India: The name of India is a corruption of the word Sindhu. Neighbouring Arabs, Iranians uttered's' as 'h' and called this land Hindu. Greeks pronounced this name as Indus... [44%] 2011-01-13
21. Etymology of place names in Los Angeles County, California: The following is a non-exhaustive list of the etymologies of the place names in Los Angeles, California. (none) [33%] 2024-01-11 [Lists of United States placename etymology] [History of Los Angeles]...
22. Esperanto etymology: Esperanto vocabulary and grammatical forms derive primarily from the Romance languages, with substantial contributions from Germanic languages. The language occupies a middle ground between "naturalistic" constructed languages such as Interlingua, which borrow words en masse from their source languages with ... (Social) [70%] 2023-12-20 [Etymology]
23. Folk etymology: Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage. The ... (Process of reinterpretive word formation) [70%] 2024-01-06 [Etymology] [Comparative linguistics]...
24. Medieval etymology: Medieval etymology is the study of the history of words as conducted by scholars in the European Middle Ages. Etymology is the study of the origins of words. (Social) [70%] 2023-12-19 [Etymology]
25. History (etymology): The word history is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *wid-tor-, from the root *weid-, "to know, to see". This root is also present in the English word wit, in latin words vision and video, in the Sanskrit word ... (Etymology) [70%] 2023-06-24
26. Gautam (etymology): The name Gautam (also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama and a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama) is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived from the Sanskrit roots "gŐ(गः)" and "tama (तम)". "Tama" means "darkness" and "gŐ" means inter alia "bright light ... (Etymology) [70%] 2023-12-21 [Vedas] [Dharmaśāstra]...
27. Shia etymology: Template:Arabicterm Shi‘a ("followers" or "partisans") as an Islamic term traces its etymology to the very first century of Islam. The singular/adjective form of Shi‘ah (Arabic: شيعة) is Shi‘i (Arabic: شيعي). (Religion) [70%] 2023-11-11 [Shia Islam]
28. False etymology: A false etymology (fake etymology or pseudo-etymology) is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology becomes a popular belief in a cultural/linguistic community, it is a folk ... (Social) [70%] 2024-03-20 [Etymology] [Error]...
29. Argument from etymology: An argument from etymology is an informal logical fallacy typically used by fundamentalist Christians, which attempts to prove something through pointing out the etymology of the word being used as opposed to actually making the case based on substance. Being ... [57%] 2024-01-12 [Christian fundamentalism] [Informal fallacies]...
30. Bulgarian placename etymology: Bulgarian placename etymology is characterized by the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Balkans through the ages and the position of the country in the centre of the region. While typical Bulgarian placenames of Slavic origin vastly dominate, toponyms which ... [57%] 2024-04-21 [Bulgarian toponyms] [Place name etymologies]...