etiology

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12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8

Definition of etiology

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable)US standard spelling of aetiology.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English etiology See origins at aetiology § Etymology. By surface analysis, etio- + -logy.

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