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No. CNRTL’s earliest source-reported use around 1550 concerns compound names said to reveal their true sense; the current analytical sense is broader.
/e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒik/ · adjective
A French adjective meaning either related to etymology or conforming to a word’s origin, borrowed from Latin etymologicus.
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Documents the early phrase and gloss.
c. 1550: noms étymologiques, names revealing their true senseShows the later analytical and origin-conforming range.
Current senses 1 and 2The semantic shift is exposed on the French borrowing edge and in the dated witness.