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語源学

語源学

See also: 语源学 and 語源學

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	源	学
ご Grade: 2	げん Grade: 6	がく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

語源学 ‎(hiragana ごげんがく, romaji gogengaku)

etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Descendants

Chinese: 語源學／语源学 (yǔyuánxué)
Korean: 어원학 (eowonhak)

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112