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Etymography

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˌɛ.tɪˈmɒ.ɡɹə.fi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Etymography is a noun meaning The etymology of characters and their structure, such as those in Chinese.

Meaning

The etymology of characters and their structure, such as those in Chinese.

More Meanings

  1. A proposed subdiscipline of etymology, investigating the context in which words of transparent etymology underwent semantic development.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include etymologicon, epigraphology, hieroglyphology, ctetology, orthoepy, onomatology.

etymologiconepigraphologyhieroglyphologyctetologyorthoepyonomatologyepitaphologylogologymorphologycherologyethnoetiologytypologyemblematologycharacterologytoponymicsmetaphorologyepigraphicsphylolinguisticsgraphiology

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