Part 3954

<h1>Etym</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et"ym</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Etymon</er>.</def>

<i>H. F. Talbot.</i>

<h1>Etymic</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*tym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the etymon; <as>as, an <ex>etymic</ex> word</as>.</def>

<h1>Etymologer</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mol"o*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An etymologist.</def>

<h1>Etymological</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mo*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>etymologicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>\'82timilogique</ets>. See <er>Etymology</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Etymologicon</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mo*log"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, prop. neut. sing. from <?/.]</ety> <def>an etymological dictionary or manual.</def>

<h1>Etymologist</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82tymologiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who investigates the derivation of words.</def>

<h1>Etymologize</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mol"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82tymologiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.</def>

<i>Camden</i>

<h1>Etymologize</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mol"o*gize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.</def>

<blockquote>How perilous it is to <b>etymologize</b> at random. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Etymology</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Et`y*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Etymologies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.<ets>etymologia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ etymon + <?/ discourse, description: cf. F. <ets>\'82tymologie</ets>. See <er>Etymon</er>, and <er>-logy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of from and meaning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That pert of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.</def>

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<hw>Et"y*mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Etymons</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, Gr. <plw>Etyma</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, fr. <?/ true, real, prob, akin to Skr. <ets>sotya</ets>, E. <ets>sooth</ets>. See <er>Sooth</er>.]</ety> <def>1. An original form; primitive word; root.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Original or fundamental signification.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Given as the <b>etymon</b> or genuine sense of the word. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Etypical</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*typ"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>typical</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.</def>