Almost Clever

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Etymology of etymology

Because I know you are curious:

1398, from Gk. etymologia, from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true," related to eteos "true") + logos "word." In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories. Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.

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