etymology Synonyms

development of words semantics provenance source root phonology philology pedigree paleology origin morphology lexicostatistic lexicostatistics descriptive linguistics origin of words whence it came dingdong theory word history psycholinguistics glossematics folk etymology morphophonemics sociolinguistics historical linguistics linguistics grammar glossology development descent derivative derivation cause beginning basis attainment annalistic ancestry dialectology entomology eponymy genealogy foundation floor extraction evolution etymon etymologies etymologist etymological ethnic