NODE / 0009attestedOld French

ethimologie

derivation of a word

DATE: 14th c.
SENSE: default
FAMILY: Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY: node:8:ethimologie:attested

ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

GO DEEPERborrowingestablished

Latin · antiquity–medieval

etymologia

explanation of a word by its origin

SOUND: Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.
MEANING: Scholarly explanation of a word’s origin continued.
SCHOLAR: French historical lexicography
CONFIDENCE: established

Étymologie: étymologiesupportsÉtymologie ORIGINAL ↗

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

DESCENDANTborrowingestablished

Present-Day English · late 14th c.–today

etymology

the history and origin of a word

SOUND: English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.
MEANING: The technical term broadened into the modern historical discipline.
SCHOLAR: OED · historical lexicography
CONFIDENCE: established

Etymology — Word HistorysupportsWord History ORIGINAL ↗

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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 4
REVIEWED EDGES: 4
DEEPEST PATH: 2
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 4

etymological1 connected node etymologist2 connected nodes etymologize2 connected nodes etymology1 connected node

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01borrowingestablished

Old Frenchethimologie→Present-Day English · late 14th c.–todayetymologythe history and origin of a word

SOUND: English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.
MEANING: The technical term broadened into the modern historical discipline.

OED · historical lexicography1 CITATIONEDGE 7 ↗

Etymology — Word History · Word History ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 023 EDGES

STEP 02derivationestablished

Present-Day Englishetymology→Present-Day English · 1604–todayetymologista specialist in etymology

SOUND: English adds the person-forming suffix -ist to etymology.
MEANING: The discipline name becomes the title of a specialist who studies word histories.

Merriam-Webster Editors · Douglas Harper2 CITATIONSEDGE 593 ↗

Etymologist — Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary · Headword formation and definition ↗Etymologist — Online Etymology Dictionary · 1630s; etymology + -ist ↗

STEP 02derivationestablished

Present-Day Englishetymology→Present-Day English · 1532–todayetymologizediscover, formulate, state, or study etymologies

SOUND: English adds verb-forming -ize to etymology.
MEANING: The name of the inquiry becomes the act of discovering, stating, or studying etymologies.

Merriam-Webster Editors · Douglas Harper2 CITATIONSEDGE 600 ↗

Etymologize — Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary · Definitions and First Known Use ↗Etymologize — Online Etymology Dictionary · 1530s; etymology + -ize; intransitive from 1650s ↗

STEP 02competing derivationproposed

Present-Day Englishetymology→Present-Day English · 1588–todayetymologicalof, relating to, or based on etymology

SOUND: English etymological is alternatively segmented as etymology plus -ical.
MEANING: The discipline noun becomes a relational adjective.

Douglas Harper1 CITATIONEDGE 607 ↗

Etymological — Online Etymology Dictionary · Word origin: etymology + -ical ↗

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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