Question

The etymology of a word provides its:

Answer 1

The word etymology derives from the Greek word ἐτυμολογία (etumología), itself from ἔτυμον (étumon), meaning "true sense", and the suffix -logia, denoting "the study of". In linguistics, the term etymon refers to a word or morpheme (e.g., stem or root) from which a later word derives.

Answer 2

The etymology of a word is its Origin or where it came from. This can mean its roots such as that of Latin or Greek or if its Slang (Fun Fact, Slang is Slang for Shortened language) Then it would be its for its first usage
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