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Definition: Etymological |
EtymologicalAdjective1. Based on or belonging to etymology; "I merely drew an etymological distinction". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "etymological" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Crosswords: Etymological |
| English words defined with "etymological": etymological dictionary, Etymologicon ♦ Went. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "etymological": Lucus a non Lucendo. (references) |
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| "Etymological" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Etymological" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "etymological": etymological dictionary. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
etymological dictionary | 27 |
etymological | 4 |
dictionary english etymological | 3 |
dictionary etymological online | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "etymological"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 词源. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | etymologisch (etymologically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | écriture historique (etymological spelling), écriture étymologique (etymological spelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | etymologisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ετυμολογικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bun-ocklagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | etimológiko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etymologicalay etimologic (etymologic). (various references) этимологический (etymologic). (various references) etymologisk. (various references) етимологічний (etymologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "etymological": etymologically. (additional references) | |
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"Etymological" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: etymoiogical, etymologicaly, Etymologicum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "etymological" (pronounced e'tumulÄ"jukul) |
| 8 | -u l Ä" j u k u l | anthropological, meteorological. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-t-y" | |
-1 letter: climatology. | |
-3 letters: aetiology, colligate, collimate. | |
-4 letters: cetology, coitally, collegia, comelily, etiology, gloomily, legality, localite, locality, megacity, metallic, molality, mycelial, myologic, teocalli, tomalley. | |
-5 letters: acolyte, agilely, aloetic, calomel, climate, collage, collate, ecology, galliot, galloot, gametic, logical, maillot, meatily, melilot, metical, micella, millage, myalgic, mycelia, otalgic, telomic, tillage, timolol, tollage. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-t-y" | |
+2 letters: etymologically. | |
+3 letters: cleistogamously, entomologically. | |
+4 letters: meteorologically, methodologically, paleoclimatology, terminologically. | |
+5 letters: epistemologically, metapsychological, micropaleontology, morphogenetically, trigonometrically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 79 6D 6F 6C 6F 67 69 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - -.--. -- --- .-.. --- --. .. -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01111001 01101101 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t y m o l o g i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0079 006D 006F 006C 006F 0067 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398691798178817375696778 |
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