Etymology

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Today it means: To give an aetiology to, to posit a cause of. Full definition →

English etiology ← Latin aetiologia ← Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  2. Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
  8. Latinaetiologia
  9. Englishetiology
  10. English todayetiologize

From etiology + -ize.

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