Etymological — Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
Establishes the donor chain but gives no one transfer date.
Word History: Latin from Greek etymologikos- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Not from the reviewed sources. Merriam-Webster establishes Greek etymologikos behind Latin etymologicus, while CNRTL documents late Latin use in Diomedes; neither identifies one precisely dated borrowing event.
/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.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Establishes the donor chain but gives no one transfer date.
Word History: Latin from Greek etymologikosDocuments a late Latin use without locating the original borrowing event.
Diomedes: nomina etymologicaThe journey retains two unresolved stages instead of manufacturing a year or a map pin.