Etymology (field) the study of word origins

Etymology is an interdisciplinary sub-field of study within Linguistics that concerns the study of word origins. It belongs to the broader branch of science called Integrated Science. As an interdisciplinary field of study, its constituent disciplines include Comparative Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, History, Linguistics, Morphology, Orthography, Philology, and perhaps others. This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Language.

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Constituent fields of Etymology

  • Comparative Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of comparing languages
  • Historical Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of language change over time
  • History (field) the study of past events, their causes, and consequences
  • Linguistics (field) the scientific study of language
  • Morphology (sub-field) the study of word forms and their relationships to other words
  • Orthography (sub-field) the study of writing conventions for a given language
  • Philology (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study of oral and historical written language

Fields derived from Etymology

  • Applied Lexicography (interdisciplinary sub-field) the practice of creating dictionaries
  • Lexicography (interdisciplinary field) the study of vocabulary in a given language
  • Philology (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study of oral and historical written language

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MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Etymology." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 4 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/field/etymology. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, September 4). Etymology. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/field/etymology

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Etymology." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 4, 2023. Modified September 15, 2023. Accessed September 7, 2024. https://psylng.org/glossary/field/etymology.

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APA Dictionary

APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]

DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

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Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

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