Usually means: Study of words' origins, histories.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word etymology:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. etymology: Merriam-Webster
  2. etymology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. etymology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. etymology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. etymology: Vocabulary.com
  6. Etymology, etymology: Wordnik
  7. etymology: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. etymology: Wiktionary
  9. etymology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. etymology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. etymology: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Etymology, etymology: Dictionary.com
  13. etymology: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. etymology: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Etymology (disambiguation), Etymology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Etymology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. etymology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. etymology: Rhymezone
  19. Etymology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. etymology: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. etymology: FreeDictionary.org
  22. etymology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. etymology: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. etymology: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. etymology: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Etymology: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  2. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. etymology: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. etymology: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. etymology: Natural Health glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. etymology: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. etymology: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. etymology: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. etymology: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See etymological as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
noun:  (countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
noun:  (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
noun:  (countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.

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