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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedFrench · Modern French record–today · word history discipline

étymologie

study or explanation of the origin and historical development of words

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld French · Old French records from c. 1175 · word history discipline

ethimologie

title reference, word explanation, or learned wordplay depending on the witness

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

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SOUND CHANGE

French spelling regularized medieval variants such as ethimologie toward étymologie.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

A learned word used for titles, word explanations, and wordplay developed the modern linguistic senses.

CHRONOLOGY

CNRTL separates the earliest records from the later technical senses.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

CNRTL Editors · Académie française Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Étymologie: étymologieHistory sections 0, A, and B

Separates early spellings and special uses from the modern scientific sense.

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Étymologie — Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9e éditionHeadword definition and usage examples

Documents the current French endpoint.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 526étymologie

étymologie → ethimologie

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