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the autopsy of words, proving every term is a fossil with a backstory.
means The study of where words come from and how their forms and meanings have changed over time.
from From Greek 'etymon,' meaning 'the true sense' of a word (from 'etymos,' true or real), plus '-logia,' the study of something. The ancient Greeks believed every word had a hidden 'true' meaning waiting to be uncovered — so etymology literally means 'the account of the truth inside words.' It reached English through Latin and Old French in the late Middle Ages.
- its own origin
- From Greek etymon, meaning the true sense
- goodbye secret
- It is a worn-down God be with ye
- false friend
- Etymology is unrelated to entomology, the bug study
- salary roots
- From Latin for soldiers salt money allowance
- sincere myth
- Without wax origin story is charming but fake
sir william jones 1786 — british judge who noticed sanskrit, greek, latin shared roots, founding modern comparative etymology
oxford english dictionary — started 1884, traces 600,000+ english words to their earliest known sources and meanings