Do you speak a little Greek when you say 'etymology'?

'Etymology' is a word borrowed from Greek 'etumologia'. The word entered the English language some time around the 14th century.

etymology [noun] [14th century]

• the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in...
• a branch of linguistics concerned with

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note: Late Middle English: from Old French ethimologie via Latin from Greek etumologia from etumologos ‘student of etymology’ from etumon neuter singular of etumos ‘true’.
Etymology: Middle English 'ethimologie' from Anglo-French, from Latin 'etymologia' from Greek, from 'etymon' + '-logia' -logy

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