etymological

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The second word is a local term for a mountaintop meadow or bog, and although it has no etymological connection to the word sodden, that was the linkage in my mind.

From Washington Post

Skeet-shooting is another sport that owes an etymological debt to Norwegian.

From Salon

"Critical," however, etymologically means the capacity to judge the truth or merit of the object of analysis.

From Salon

The Netherlands formerly included Flanders and thus were equivalent geographically and etymologically to the Low Countries”.

From The Guardian

Taking its etymological roots from the Greek for "dead body," the word refers to amine compounds found in decaying organic matter.

From Salon