etymological

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The verbs for mattering, importer and compter, have no etymological link to matière.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

I’m glad you asked, because earlier this week The Times published an entertaining history of the word’s etymological evolution.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“India” has etymological roots in the Indus River, which was called “Sindhu” in Sanskrit.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

“For the Calendar, I wanted to go back to the etymological root of the word ‘muse’.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

The Reverend William Whewell, an influential man, objected on etymological grounds and suggested instead an "–eous" pattern, producing Meioneous, Pleioneous, and so on.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson