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What does etymology mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  2. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.
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Lynch has decided to give entire entries, that is, the headword, part of speech, etymology, definitions and quotations.
Panini's grammar, the science of pronunciation, etymology, Indology and Yoga were all included in the curricula.
It is from him that I learned that liberation movements, revolution, terrorism live in a world of their own and create their own etymology.
The latter explanation may, however, simply be a folk etymology or constitute the reason why Albanians identify themselves with the eagle.
Some letters and combinations of letters depend in their orthoepy upon the etymology of the word.
It's not a folk etymology, because this is the usage of one person rather than an entire speech community.

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