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etymography

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  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
  • Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧gra‧phy

Noun

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etymography (uncountable)

  1. The etymology of characters and their structure, such as those in Chinese.
  2. A proposed subdiscipline of etymology, investigating the context in which words of transparent etymology underwent semantic development.
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