🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

어원

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eowon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
etymology/ˈɛtəˌmɒlədʒi/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15420 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 단어의 어원은 고대 그리스어에서 유래했습니다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

    "She is a professor who specializes in the etymology of Germanic languages."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek etumologia, from etumon 'true sense' + -logia 'study'.

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