Etymonically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Etymonically is an adverb meaning In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.
Meaning
In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.
Example Sentences
Giving weight to 'remnants' emphasises the fragmentation of the British; the suggestion is that they have been removed from a larger whole; they remain (reading etymonically through the translation), and they remain at least potentially negative.
Xu Shen's Explanation of Words and Characters divides the ways of making Chinese characters into six kinds: indicator graphs, pictographs, form and voice compounds, etymonic compounds, graphically and etymonically related pairs, and phonetic loan characters.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eponymically, endonymically, unetymologically, onomastically, exonymically, etiologically.
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