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etymology meaning in Chinese
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| etymology [etymologies] (account of the origin and historical development of a word) noun [UK: ˌe.tɪ.ˈmɒ.lə.dʒi] [US: ˌe.tə.ˈmɑː.lə.dʒi] | 字源 /zìyuán/noun 詞源noun 語源noun 词根 /cígēn/noun 词源 /cíyuán/noun 语源 /yǔyuán/noun |
| etymology [etymologies] (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words) noun [UK: ˌe.tɪ.ˈmɒ.lə.dʒi] [US: ˌe.tə.ˈmɑː.lə.dʒi] | 語源學noun 词源学 /cíyuánxué/noun 语源学 /yǔyuánxué/noun |
| folk etymology (false etymology) noun [UK: fəʊk ˌe.tɪ.ˈmɒ.lə.dʒi] [US: foʊk ˌe.tə.ˈmɑː.lə.dʒi] | 俗詞源學noun 望文生義noun |
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