PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Ancient etymology pursued a word’s “true sense”; the modern comparative discipline developed much later.
/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ · noun
The study of the true or original sense of a word—and of the changes that made it what it is.
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.
Distinguishes the historical word from the later comparative discipline denoted by modern etymology.
Word HistorySupplies the ancient Greek technical term and its true-sense analysis.
ἐτυμολογίαThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.