etymological
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- etymologically adverb
- nonetymological adjective
- unetymological adjective
Example Sentences
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The verbs for mattering, importer and compter, have no etymological link to matière.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
“For the Calendar, I wanted to go back to the etymological root of the word ‘muse’.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022
The word was used as early as the 16th century by European travelers in the East Indies, and it may have etymological origins in Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Urdu.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
But besides common etymological roots, Prosekar, Prosecco and Prosek have little in common.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021
The Reverend William Whewell, an influential man, objected on etymological grounds and suggested instead an "–eous" pattern, producing Meioneous, Pleioneous, and so on.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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