Etymology

boyology

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Today it means: The examination or study of male adolescence. Full definition →

English boy ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  4. Old English*bōia
  5. Middle Englishboye
  6. Englishboy
  7. English todayboyology

From boy + -ology.

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