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etymology
noun as in word history
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Among the notes included in the “Furlough’s Paradise” script is an etymology of the word “furlough” — as in, “permission, liberty granted to do something.”
As a child, Kim enjoyed looking up words in the dictionary and learning their etymology, a hobby that endured into adulthood.
Not because those words aren’t fitting descriptors for Ani, but because she’s far more complex than a couple of attributes you can pull from the etymology section of a mommy blog.
There are corners of the internet that spend more time worrying about the etymology of Darth Vader’s name than the policies of any politician.
Near the end, on “Ti nèg,” Joachim contrasts a peaceable tone with what the album’s liner notes describe as an effort to reclaim “the etymology of the N word.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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