NODE / 0615attestedLatin
etymologicus
TRANSLITERATION etymologicus
etymological; conforming to etymology
- DATE
- Late Latin grammatical tradition
- SENSE
- etymology related adjective
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Italic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:9:etymologicus:attested:sense:etymology-related-adjective
Both French sources name this Latin adjective as the donor. CNRTL cites nomina etymologica in Diomedes but does not date a unique borrowing event.
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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
French · c. 1550–today · etymology related adjectiveétymologique
related to etymology; conforming to a word’s origin
- SOUND
- French adapted Latin etymologicus as étymologique with French stress, vowels, and the learned -ique ending.
- MEANING
- The Latin origin-conforming adjective developed the modern French senses “related to etymology” and “conforming to origin.”
- CHRONOLOGY
- CNRTL reports French use around 1550; the Académie dates the word to the sixteenth century.
- SCHOLAR
- ATILF · Académie française Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
DESCENDANTlearned formationprobable
Present-Day English · 1588–today · etymology related adjectiveetymological
of, relating to, or based on etymology
- SOUND
- English drops Latin -us through the learned adjective etymologic and adds adjectival -al; a competing internal etymology + -ical analysis remains visible in the graph.
- MEANING
- A Latin adjective about word origins becomes the English adjective of relation or conformity.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Merriam-Webster reports first known use in 1588; Etymonline reports the 1590s.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- probable — Merriam-Webster and Etymonline segment the English formation differently.
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STEP 01borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- French adapted Latin etymologicus as étymologique with French stress, vowels, and the learned -ique ending.
- MEANING
- The Latin origin-conforming adjective developed the modern French senses “related to etymology” and “conforming to origin.”
ATILF · Académie française Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 579 ↗ STEP 01learned formationprobable
- SOUND
- English drops Latin -us through the learned adjective etymologic and adds adjectival -al; a competing internal etymology + -ical analysis remains visible in the graph.
- MEANING
- A Latin adjective about word origins becomes the English adjective of relation or conformity.
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