Etymology vs. Philology

Etymologynoun

(uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

Etymologynoun

(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

Etymologynoun

That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.

Etymologynoun

That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

Etymologynoun

a history of a word

Etymologynoun

the study of the sources and development of words

Etymologynoun

the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history

Etymologynoun

the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning

Etymology

Etymology () is the study of the history of words. By extension, the etymology of a word means its origin and development throughout history.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts, and texts about the language, to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods, how they developed in meaning and form, or when and how they entered the language.

Philologynoun

(linguistics) The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

Philologynoun

(philosophy) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

Philologynoun

(culture) Scholarship and culture, particularly classical, literary and linguistic.

Philologynoun

Criticism; grammatical learning.

Philologynoun

The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.

Philologynoun

A treatise on the science of language.

Philologynoun

the humanistic study of language and literature

Philology

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is more commonly defined as the study of literary texts as well as oral and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.