Latvian

Noun

etimoloģija f (4th declension)

1. (linguistics, chiefly singular) etymology (science that studies the origins of words and morphemes).

   speciālists etimoloģijā‎ ― a specialist in etymology

   latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca‎ ― Latvian etymological dictionary

2. (linguistics) etymology (the origin and historical development of a specific word or morpheme)

   pētīt, izskaidrot vārda etimoloģiju‎ ― to investigate, to explain the etymology of a word

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Related terms

• etimoloģisks
• etimologs, etimoloģe