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Definition of Etymological
1. Adjective. Based on or belonging to etymology. "I merely drew an etymological distinction"
Definition of Etymological
1. a. Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.
Definition of Etymological
1. Adjective. (context: not comparable) Of or relating to etymology. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: comparable of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Etymological
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Etymological
1. Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. Etymolog"ically. Origin: L. Etymologicus, Gr., cf. F. Etimilogique. See Etymology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etymological
Literary usage of Etymological
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"The etymological Fallacy Similar criticisms apply also to the ' etymological ...
etymological translation should, above all, be avoided in dictionaries. ..."
2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"It is useless with words of this kind to appeal to their etymological meaning.
The etymological meaning of a word is always extremely important, ..."
3. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"etymological FORMS, in the English language, are the words of the language viewed
only in their etymological relation, whether in the same language or ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1887)
"They were originally remarkable for peculiarities, or even eccentricities, purely
etymological ; but it was only after the discovery of the New World and ..."
5. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Those who cannot deny that our spelling is phonetically bad, usually take up the
position that it is 'etymological.' A sufficient investigation of the facts ..."
6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"There are, however, besides these, other etymological myths of less importance,
but of which it is more difficult to discover the exact authority or the way ..."
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