Definitions
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- Pertaining to, treating of, or determined by etymology.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to etymologies; concerning
etymology .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It has come to my attention that if you do a Yahoo (but not Google) search for (no quotes) etymologic form of janitor you will hit one and only one site.
Archive 2005-07-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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These names can in no wise serve as aids to the explanation of the hieroglyphs of the death-god, since they have no etymologic connection with death or the heads of corpses and skulls, which form the main parts of the hieroglyph.
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Catholic bishop here has found it necessary to issue his official documents in both the phonetic and the etymologic spelling (as the older form is called), so as to meet the views of both parties.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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In the second case, disregarding mere syntactic and etymologic equivalence, his aim will be to reproduce the inner meaning and power of the original, so far as the constitutional difference of the two languages will permit him.
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In the second case, disregarding mere syntactic and etymologic equivalence, his aim will be to reproduce the inner meaning and power of the original, so far as the constitutional difference of the two languages will permit him.
The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871
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Gutschmidt and others deny this etymologic relation of Neith to Athênê.
Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849
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Kitchen-sink paella and pleonastic etymologic Sunday morning musings
Do Bianchi Do Bianchi 2010
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Kitchen-sink paella and pleonastic etymologic Sunday morning musings
Do Bianchi Do Bianchi 2010
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If the humanities wish to recharge their words with fizz (the ultimate is Joyce in Finnegans Wake), they should go directly to an etymologic dictionary, not to the taxonomic sciences to discover the heady truth in Emerson's "Every word was once a poem."
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The matter gets curiouser and curiouser in our wonderland, and I am awaiting etymologic studies on these words and psychologic studies on a suitable patient.
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