ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Etymologically

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Etymologically is an adverb meaning Based on or belonging to etymology.

Meaning

Based on or belonging to etymology.

Example Sentences

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.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ethnically, ancestrally, thence, estuarially, aetiopathogenetically, thereof.

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