Where does “surface etymology” come from?
surface etymology (English) comes from English etymology, from Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
surface etymology (English): The apparent etymology of a term based on...
Definitions
- The apparent etymology of a term based on...
Ancestry of “surface etymology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | etymology | The study of the historical development of... |
| 2 | Middle English | ethymologie | The purported true, primordial and innate sense... |
| 3 | Old French | ethimologie | etymology |
| 4 | Latin | etymologia | etymology |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐτυμολογία | etymology |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |