エティモロジーalso: エチモロジーエティモロジーMeanings1nounetymologyrare termRare loanword for the study of word origins; in most contexts, the native term 語源 or 語源学 is preferred.See also: 語源 · 語源学言げん語ご学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうでエティモロジーについて少すこし触ふれた。We briefly touched on etymology in the linguistics class.