etymological

English

Etymology

From etymology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛt.ɪ.məˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/

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Adjective

etymological (comparative more etymological, superlative most etymological)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
   • 1877, Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, translated by Valerie Z. Nollan, The Philosophical Principles of Integral Knowledge, Eerdmans, published 2008, →ISBN, page 58:

     But it goes without saying that this etymological argument in and of itself has no significance, since a word taken from a dead language may resultantly assume a meaning independent of its etymology.

2. (comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language).

Derived terms

• etymological argument
• etymological fallacy
• etymological hybrid
• etymologically

Related terms

Related terms

• etymologist
• etymology
• etymon
• folketymological

Translations

of or relating to etymology

• Afrikaans: etimologies
• Albanian: etimologjik (sq)
• Armenian: ստուգաբանական (hy) (stugabanakan)
• Asturian: etimolóxicu
• Azerbaijani: etimoloji
• Belarusian: этымалагі́чны (etymalahíčny)
• Bulgarian: етимологичен (etimologičen)
• Catalan: etimològic (ca)
• Czech: etymologický (cs)
• Danish: etymologisk
• Dutch: etymologisch (nl)
• Esperanto: etimologia (eo)
• Estonian: etümoloogiline
• Finnish: etymologinen (fi)
• French: étymologique (fr)
• Galician: etimolóxico m
• Georgian: ეტიმოლოგიური (eṭimologiuri)
• German: etymologisch (de)
• Greek: ετυμολογικός (el) (etymologikós)
• Haitian Creole: etimolojik
• Hungarian: etimológiai (hu)
• Icelandic: orðsifjafræðilegur
• Italian: etimologico (it)
• Japanese: 語源的 (ja)
• Korean: 어원의 (eowonui)
• Latvian: etimoloģisks
• Luxembourgish: etymologesch
• Macedonian: етимолошки (etimološki)
• Manx: bun-ocklagh
• Norwegian: etymologisk
• Occitan: etimologic (oc)
• Polish: etymologiczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: etimológico (pt)
• Romanian: etimologic (ro)
• Romansch: etimologic
• Russian: этимологи́ческий (ru) (etimologíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: етимолошки

  Roman: etimòloškī (sh)

• Slovene: etimološki
• Spanish: etimológico (es)
• Swedish: etymologisk (sv)
• Tajik: этимологӣ (etimologi)
• Turkmen: etimologik
• Ukrainian: етимологі́чний (etymolohíčnyj)

etymologically consistent

• Finnish: etymologinen (fi)
• Italian: etimologico (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: etimòloškī (sh)