English-Swedish translations for etymology

• etymologi en
  Bland de olika teorierna om ursprunget till ordet "maffia" finns en som tänker sig en arabisk etymologi: "ma fiiha" som på arabiska betyder "existerar inte" .The various theories as to the origin of the word "mafia' include one applying Arabic etymology: in Arabic, "ma fiiha' means "does not exist' . The Mafia needs people to think that it does not exist.
  Etymologi är en av många inriktningar inom lingvistiken.
  Många ords etymologier kommer aldrig kunna beläggas.

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