Meanings
plural etiologies
- UScountablestandarduncountableUS standard spelling of aetiology.
Whether we were discussing the etiology of tuberculosis, gynecological surgery, or the implication of census health statistics, these sources have conveyed to me Rorschach-like, divergent medical worldviews.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Introduction”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 23
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
- Latinaetiologia
- Englishetiology
Borrowed from Latin aetiologia. By surface analysis, etio- + -logy. Doublet of aetiologia.
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Cite this entry
etiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etiology
“etiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etiology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etiology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etiology.
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