etym- +

1. A reference to etymological.
2. Another reference that may refer to etymology.

Plural form of etymon.

1. Of or pertaining to the etymon or primitive form of a word.
2. Relating to the etymon; as, "an etymic word".

1. Someone who researches and writes about the historical accuracy of the origins, derivations, and spellings of words.
2. A person who studies the history of words by breaking them down into basic elements or by tracing them back to their earliest known structures and writing about the changes in their forms and meanings.

A reference to the historical accuracy of spelling.

1. The historical accuracy of the origins and spellings of words.
2. The study of why characters are written as they are.
3. A rendition of the history of a particular grapheme (a written symbol that is used to represent speech) or an element of a grapheme.

1. To give an etymological signification to.
2. To trace the etymology of; to derive.

1. An etymologist.
2. Someone who traces etymologies.

1. Relating to etymology or based on the principles of etymology.
2. Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.
3. A reference to or in accordance with etymology.

1. In an etymological manner.
2. According to or as regards etymology.
3. On etymological principles.

1. An etymological dictionary or manual.
2. A work in which the etymologies of words are traced; an etymological dictionary.

1. A lexicographer who specializes in etymology.
2. A specialist in etymology.

Etymologists usually try to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information to be known; since so many have no written records for examination.

By comparing words in related languages, we may learn about their shared parent language. In this way, some word roots have been found which can be traced all the way back to the origin of the Indo-European language family.

Someone who believes that the etymology of a word carries the same inherent original or literal meaning, even when the word has evolved beyond the classical source meaning: such as, believing that "expiration" and "inspiration" refer to the "soul" or "spirit" instead of the current "breathing out" and "breathing in" definitions.

A reference to anyone who believes that the etymology of a word is still its original or literal meaning even though it has changed or transformed into a different definition or definitions.