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28 wrz 2017 · The meaning "diligent scientific inquiry and investigation directed to the discovery of some fact" is attested by 1630s.... Persephone De Vaan writes that "The name was always considered obscure" until a thorough investigation published in 2006 reported that...
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW This chapter gives an overview of what etymology is, what etymology engages in and what issues are under debate, focusing on the following key points. First, etymology is the foundation of historical linguistics, the starting point of the historical investigation of a language and at the same time one of its subfields.
1 mar 2011 · Etymology concentrates on the history of single words (and morphemes). ‘Chaque mot a son histoire’ – the anti-neogrammarian aphorism variously attributed to Jules
Etymology is the investigation of word histories. It has traditionally been concerned most especially with those word histories in which the racts are not certain, and where a hypothesis has to be constructed to account either for a word's origin or for a stage in its history. That might be a stage in its
The earliest known use of the noun investigation is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for investigation is from before 1450, in Libel of English Policy.
1 sty 1987 · Iconic elements are generally held to be problematic for the purposes of etymological investigation, for they often show synchronic oddities and behave irregularly from a diachronic standpoint...
Introduction. Investigating the origins of words can lead to remarkable insights about the cultural background that has shaped the semantics of our modern vocabulary.
