PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Merriam-Webster analyzes etymologic from Latin etymologicus and etymological as etymologic + -al; Etymonline analyzes etymology + -ical.
/ˌe-tə-mə-ˈlä-ji-kəl/ · adjective
Of, relating to, or based on etymology; an Early Modern English adjective whose exact formation is described differently by major historical dictionaries.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Publishes the Latin-adjective-plus-English-suffix analysis.
Word History: etymologic + -al; etymologic from Latin etymologicusPublishes the competing internal segmentation.
Word origin: etymology + -icalDocuments that -ical itself is a compound suffix history.
-ical: -ic + -al historical analysisThe canonical dossier uses the explicit Latin-adjective route while the graph exposes the competing internal derivation.