English-Dutch translations for etymology

• etymologie
  Volgens een van de vele theorieën over de oorsprong van het woord "maffia' is het van Arabische etymologie: " ma fiiha" in het Arabisch betekent "bestaat niet" . The various theories as to the origin of the word "mafia' include one applying Arabic etymology: in Arabic, "ma fiiha' means "does not exist' .
• woordherkomst

Definition of etymology

• The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
• An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like

Related words

• etymology dictionary
• folk etymology
• popular etymology
• false etymology