etymonically

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adverb

In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adverbetymonically (comparative more etymonically, superlative most etymonically)

comparative more etymonically · superlative most etymonically

  1. In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.

    Giving weight to 'remnants' emphasises the fragmentation of the British; the suggestion is that they have been removed from a larger whole; they remain (reading etymonically through the translation), and they remain at least potentially negative.

    2013, Aled Llion Jones, Darogan: Prophecy, Lament and Absent Heroes in Medieval Welsh Literature, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, retrieved 21 Mar 2021
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    Xu Shen's Explanation of Words and Characters divides the ways of making Chinese characters into six kinds: indicator graphs, pictographs, form and voice compounds, etymonic compounds, graphically and etymonically related pairs, and phonetic loan characters.

    2018, Li Su, “Chapter 2: Ancient China's cultural constitution”, in Edmund Ryden, transl., edited by Yongle Zhang, The Constitution of Ancient China: Volume 9 of The Princeton-China Series, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 21 Mar 2021, page 83; republished as Daniel A. Bell, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*set-?
  2. Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἔτῠμος (étŭmos)
  4. Ancient Greekἔτῠμον (étŭmon)
  5. Englishetymon
  6. Englishetymonic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Englishetymonically

From etymonic + -ally.

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Translations

Polish etymonicznie
  • etymonicznieTranslations
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APA

etymonically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymonically

MLA

“etymonically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymonically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etymonically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymonically.

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