etymology
Day 75Level 2et-uh-MOL-uh-jee
history of a word
study of origin and history of words
Part of Speech: noun
Example Sentence:
The etymology of the word anthropology is Greek in origin.
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dee-FOH-lee-eyt
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distrait
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IN-suh-lur
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