What does etymologically mean?
Etymologically means Based on or belonging to etymology..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
Based on or belonging to etymology..
The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar."
The German language, as far as I know, is the only one in the world in which the words for debt and guilt are etymologically the same — the word for debt is “Schulden,” and for guilt it’s “Schuld.”
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Etymologically means Based on or belonging to etymology..
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The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar."
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