Meanings
comparative more etymologically · superlative most etymologically
- Based on or belonging to etymology.
The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar."
2004 May 18, Robin Tolmach Lakoff, “ESSAY; From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Mar 20211 more example
The German language, as far as I know, is the only one in the world in which the words for debt and guilt are etymologically the same — the word for debt is “Schulden,” and for guilt it’s “Schuld.”
2014 October 20, Jochen Bittner, “Germany Without Angst? That Worries Me.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2021
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*set-?
- Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
- Ancient Greekἔτυμος (étumos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)
- Latinetymologia
- Old Frenchethimologie
- Middle Englishethymologie
- Englishetymology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishetymological
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishetymologically
From etymological + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan etimològicament
- etimològicamentBased on or belonging to etymology
Czech etymologicky
- etymologickyBased on or belonging to etymology
Dutch etymologisch
- etymologischBased on or belonging to etymology
Esperanto etimologie
- etimologieBased on or belonging to etymology
Finnish etymologisesti
- etymologisestiBased on or belonging to etymology
French étymologiquement
- étymologiquementBased on or belonging to etymology
German etymologisch
- etymologischBased on or belonging to etymology
Greek ετυμολογικά, ετυμολογικώς
- ετυμολογικά (etymologiká)Based on or belonging to etymology
- ετυμολογικώς (etymologikós)Based on or belonging to etymology
Hungarian etimológiailag
- etimológiailagBased on or belonging to etymology
Italian etimologicamente
- etimologicamenteBased on or belonging to etymology
Polish etymologicznie
- etymologicznieBased on or belonging to etymology
Portuguese etimologicamente
- etimologicamenteBased on or belonging to etymology
Russian этимологи́чески
- этимологи́чески (etimologíčeski)Based on or belonging to etymology
Spanish etimológicamente
- etimológicamenteBased on or belonging to etymology
Turkish etimolojik olarak
- etimolojik olarakBased on or belonging to etymology
Cite this entry
etymologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologically
“etymologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etymologically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologically.
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