from http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=etymology:
et�y�mol�o�gy (t-ml-j)
n., pl. et�y�mol�o�gies. Abbr. etym., etymol.
1.The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as
shown by
determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and
changes in form
and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to
another,
identifying its cognates in other languages, and
reconstructing its
ancestral form where possible.
2.The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.
Common mistake, they sound similar.
jeff smith
Ron Lawrence wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Benjamin> Benjamin Scott wrote:
> >> But given the entomology of symposium as Latin for "drinking
> >> party", I vote we go with that. ;-)
>
> Benjamin> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> >> <nit-picking>
> >>
> >> In my experience that word is almost always categorized as
> >> being Greek in origin rather than Latin.
>
> Benjamin>
> Benjamin> http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=symposium
> Benjamin> gives the entomology as:
>
> D> Latin /drinking party/, from Greek sumposion: sun-, /syn/- +
> D> posis, drinking; see po(i)- in Indo-European Roots.
>
> Benjamin> So I guess we're both right, but I'm no entomologist.
> Benjamin> Latin, Greek, or Vorlon, I just got a kick out of the
> Benjamin> fact that it originally meant "drinking party". ;-)
>
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> entomology
> study of insects, an arthropod class comprising about
> 675,000 known species, and representing about nine
> tenths of all classified animal species. Insects are
> studied for purely biological reasons, as well as for
> their role as crop pollinators; carriers of viral,
> bacterial, fungal, and protozoal diseases; parasites of
> humans and livestock; destroyers of economically
> important plants; and predators of other destructive
> insects.
>
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