Etymology

quasi-etymological

Today it means: Based on faulty etymological grounds or reasoning; employing the techniques of etymology but not in a rigorous, scholarly, or accurate manner. Full definition →

English etymological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English ethymologie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*set-?
  14. Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
  15. Ancient Greekἔτυμος (étumos)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  19. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  20. Ancient Greekἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
  21. Ancient Greekἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)
  22. Latinetymologia
  23. Old Frenchethimologie
  24. Middle Englishethymologie
  25. Englishetymology
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  28. Englishetymological
  29. English todayquasi-etymological

From quasi- + etymological.

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