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- According to or by means of etymology; as regards etymology.
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- adverb domain Based on or belonging to
etymology
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Examples
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All these meanings have been associated with the notion of trance, a word etymologically rooted to the Middle English traunce, the Old French transe, and the Latin transpire, which refer to a passage or means of going over or across.
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But it was just the Armenian word, without any history of angry usage, just a word etymologically-based on the root negro/black.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject?
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But it was just the Armenian word, without any history of angry usage, just a word etymologically-based on the root negro/black.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject?
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Both words derive etymologically from the Latin verb uti, to use or to receive benefit from.
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Mount Orontes is to be recognized in the modern Elwend or Erwend -- a word etymologically identical with _Oront-es_ -- which is a long and lofty mountains standing out like a buttress from the Zagros range, with which it is connected towards the north-west, while on every other side it stands isolated, sweeping boldly down upon the flat country at its base.
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This may be etymologically equivalent to the English word funny, a kind of small boat.
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
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Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
renumeratedfrog commented on the word etymologically
Adverb of the word etymology which is the study of language origins.
August 21, 2008