French adapted Latin etymologicus as étymologique with French stress, vowels, and the learned -ique ending.
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étymologique
related to etymology; conforming to a word’s origin
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Late Latin grammatical tradition · etymology related adjectiveetymologicus
etymological; conforming to etymology
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The Latin origin-conforming adjective developed the modern French senses “related to etymology” and “conforming to origin.”
CNRTL reports French use around 1550; the Académie dates the word to the sixteenth century.
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Étymologique — Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9e éditionÉtymologie: XVIe siècle; emprunté du latin etymologicus
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Names Latin etymologicus as the French donor and supplies century-level chronology.
Étymologique — Trésor de la langue française informatiséÉtymologie et Histoire: c. 1550; emprunt du latin etymologicus
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently names the Latin donor and gives the earliest source-reported French use.
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