LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

etymologia

etymologia f (genitive etymologiae)
Classical[ɛ.ty.mɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]Ecclesiastical[e.ti.moˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineetymology

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeetymologiaetymologiae
genitiveetymologiaeetymologiārum
dativeetymologiaeetymologiīs
accusativeetymologiametymologiās
ablativeetymologiāetymologiīs
vocativeetymologiaetymologiae

ĕtўmŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = ἐτυμολογία,
I. etymology, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 32; Quint. 1, 6, 1; 28; 7, 3, 25 et saep. (Cic. Top. 8, 35, written as Greek, and transl. by veriloquium).

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”), neuter of ἔτυμος (étumos, “real, true, actual”) + λόγος (lógos, “word, speech, discourse”).

Descendants
  • Catalanetimologia
  • Englishetymology
  • Frenchétymologie
  • GermanEtymologie
  • Italianetimologia
  • Occitanetimologia
  • Portugueseetimologia
  • Romanianetimologie
  • Spanishetimología
  • Czechetymologie

In English words that came into English from etymologia

  • etymologyetymologia

Quick answers

What does etymologia mean in Latin?
etymologia, a noun, means “etymology”.
What is the genitive of etymologia?
The genitive singular is etymologiae. etymologia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce etymologia?
In classical Latin, [ɛ.ty.mɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.ti.moˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a].