comparative philology
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comparative philology
First recorded in 1880–85
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He attended St. Paul’s School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he earned a degree in classics and comparative philology in 1952.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016
The most prodigious of British autodidacts was Joseph Wright, a Victorian workhouse boy who became professor of comparative philology at Oxford.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2015
These two men applied in their respective fields of investigation the principles of comparative philology, and reduced to a science what had previously been an amusement for the learned or the ignorant.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Archaeology, comparative philology and textual criticism have also contributed their share; and the comparative study of religions has further tended to broaden the outlook and to make for universality, as opposed to insularity, of view.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
The science of comparative philology has helped us to discover some of the primitive ideas attached to the names of the female members of the household.
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
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