what is etymology of words
The word etymology is derived from the Greek etumos which means real or true. The ending ology suggests the study/science of something, as in biology or geology. And that is the etymology of etymology.
The word etymology derives from the Greek word á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î± (etumologÃ­a), itself from á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î½ (Ã©tumon), meaning true sense, and the suffix -logia, denoting the study of. In linguistics, the term etymon refers to a word or morpheme (e.g., stem or root) from which a later word derives. For example, the Latin word candidus, which means white, is the etymon of English candid.