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historical dictionarycnrtl-french-etymologique
Étymologique — Trésor de la langue française informatisé
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- ATILF · CNRS · Université de Lorraine
- YEAR
- 2012
- PUBLISHER
- Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 85GRADE Asupports
“Etymological” did not first mean scientific.
The earliest source-reported French use around 1550 describes names that reveal their “true sense.” The modern adjective’s relation-to-a-discipline sense arrived over a much older truth-seeking metaphor.
*set-u-
*set-u- → *setu-mo- → ἔτυμος → ἐτυμολογία → ἐτυμολογικός → etymologicus → étymologique
Étymologie et Histoire: c. 1550 noms étymologiquesSupplies the early phrase and its true-sense gloss.
étymologique dossier ↗truth record ↗86UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opencontextboundary
Can the Greek-to-Latin adjective transfer be dated to one event?
Not from the reviewed sources. Merriam-Webster establishes Greek etymologikos behind Latin etymologicus, while CNRTL documents late Latin use in Diomedes; neither identifies one precisely dated borrowing event.
Diomedes: nomina etymologicaDocuments a late Latin use without locating the original borrowing event.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Was French étymologique created from French étymologie?
The transparent modern relationship does not describe the reported historical route. Both French references call étymologique a borrowing from Latin etymologicus.
Étymologie et Histoire: emprunt du latin etymologicusIndependently names the same borrowing route.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Did the word first name modern historical linguistics?
No. CNRTL’s earliest source-reported use around 1550 concerns compound names said to reveal their true sense; the current analytical sense is broader.
c. 1550: noms étymologiques, names revealing their true senseDocuments the early phrase and gloss.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 579supportsestablished
étymologique → etymologicus
French → Latin · borrowing
- 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.”
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- ATILF · Académie française Editors
Étymologie et Histoire: c. 1550; emprunt du latin etymologicusIndependently names the Latin donor and gives the earliest source-reported French use.
EDGE 580contextestablished
etymologicus → ἐτυμολογικός
Latin → Ancient Greek · borrowing
- SOUND
- Latin etymologicus adapted Greek etymologikos within learned grammatical vocabulary.
- MEANING
- The adjective retained the sense of belonging to or based on etymology.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
Latin etymologicus; nomina etymologica in DiomedesDocuments late Latin grammatical use without defining a unique transfer date.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
étymologiqueSOURCE-REPORTED
étymologique
CNRTL historical-attestation report for French étymologique
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 2supports
Late Latin grammatical tradition
Documents late Latin grammatical use without licensing one precise transfer event.
Étymologie et Histoire: nomina etymologica in Diomedes · broadstage 3supports
French-language record
Supplies the approximate French horizon and the source-reported early sense.
Étymologie et Histoire: c. 1550, Bonivard · broad070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
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DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE
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