What is the etymology of a word?

Answer 1

; original (adj.) : 1315, from L. originalis, from originem (nom. origo) "beginning, source, birth," from oriri "to rise" (see orchestra). The first ref. is in original sin "innate depravity of man's nature," supposed to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall. The noun, in sense of "original text," is attested from c.1385, from M.L. originale. Of photographs, films, sound recordings, etc., from 1918. Origin first recorded 1563. Originality is first attested 1742, probably after Fr. originalité.

Answer 2

Are you thinking of "eponymous"? That's the word for a word derived from someone's name or something named after someone, such as these: * sandwich (named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), an English diplomat) * July, the month (named after Julius Caesar) * Nobel prize (named after Alfred Nobel) * Caesar salad (after the owner of a hotel in Tijuana) * the Achilles tendon (part of the heel, named after a mythical Greek hero whose heel was his only weak spot) * the chemical element einsteinium (named after Albert Einstein) Such a word is called an eponym.

Answer 3

That means the language it oringnaly was. E.g. Spaghetti, the etymology of it is Italian, because it was oringnaly a Italian word, know what I mean?

Answer 4

*to receive or obtain from a source or origin *to trace from from ma source or origin *to reach or obtain by reasoning: deduce: infer *to produce or obtain from another.

Answer 5

It is the known history of it's usage and evolution.the meaning and the marathi word for etymology is,VYUTPATTI [shastra].

Answer 6

The word "etymology" originated from the Latin term "etymologia".

Answer 7

Derived is from the Latin word, dervivare.

Answer 8

etynom