what is an etymology dictionary
etymology noun [C/U]. âº English the âorigin and âhistory of a word or words, or the âstudy of word âorigins. (Definition of etymology from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
(1) Etymology refers to the origin or derivation of a word (also known as lexical change). Adjective: etymological. (2) Etymology is the branch of linguistics concerned with the history of the forms and meanings of words.