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etymological

[et-uh-muh-lahj-ik-uhl] / ˌɛt ə məˈlɑdʒ ɪk əl /


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So let us put this down as etymological overreach by Mr. Dalrymple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

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

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

The word was used as early as the 16th century by European travelers in the East Indies, and it may have etymological origins in Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Urdu.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

I’ll let you, the reader, decide which of these etymological fairy tales you prefer.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

The word itself means nothing; Luce made it up to avoid any etymological associations.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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