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. The coining of new words and phrases which conform to recognized patterns will help to enrich our experiences as writers, speakers and developers of this new world of WIKI

## Contents

* 1 Theoretical etymology
* 2 Philology
* 3 Dialectology
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Theoretical etymology[edit | edit source]

Def.

1. a "study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words"[1] or
2. an "account of the origin and historical development of a word"[1]

is called an etymology.

## Philology[edit | edit source]

Main article: Philology

Def. "[t]he humanistic study of historical linguistics"[2] is called philology.

"Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.[3]"[4]

## Dialectology[edit | edit source]

Def. the "study of dialects"[5] is called dialectology.

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "etymology, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
2. ↑ "philology, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. June 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
3. ↑ Philology. Books.google.com. 2008-02-09. http://books.google.com/books?id=2joVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=REA2bM6Pf_&sig=Ws1UMX0ld3eeYXO2IxcBXD4WhNs&hl=en&ei=VJowSqeaCYTAMtiD_ccH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PPA5,M1. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
4. ↑ "Philology, In: Wikipedia". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. June 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
5. ↑ SemperBlotto (20 July 2005). "dialectology, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2017-07-09. `{{cite web}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)

## External links[edit | edit source]

* "Online Etymology Dictionary".

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