aetiologia

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noun

Attributing a cause for a statement or claim made, often as a simple relative clause of explanation.

OriginLatin aetiologia ← Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία →
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Meanings

nounaetiologia (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableAttributing a cause for a statement or claim made, often as a simple relative clause of explanation.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekαἰτιολογία
  2. Latinaetiologia
  3. Englishaetiologia

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología). Doublet of aetiology.

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APA

aetiologia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aetiologia

MLA

“aetiologia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aetiologia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aetiologia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aetiologia.

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