Example Sentences

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Etymologically, the word ahimsa, in Sanskrit, literally means “the absence of doing injury or harm.”

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Etymologically, the word “trauma” originates from the Greek word for “wound,” and that is typically how we use it today, to describe both physical and psychological wounds.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2021

This is her curse, and it is, we gradually realize, far more powerful than his: Etymologically, her name borrows from a Latinate root that means suffering.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2016

Etymologically, "capitalism" implies no more than a system that stresses the accumulation and use of capital�and all forms of economic organization do that.

From Time Magazine Archive

Etymologically, “invective” is a cavalry charge, and when Cicero hit a gallop, woe betide whoever was in the way.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith