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While most of these bear testament to the wonderful versatility of the English language and the rich vein of humor that runs through our culture, some necessitate etymological investigation in order to uncover their roots and, in some cases, to explore changes in meaning.
In English, too, the spelling of the corresponding words can be regarded as etymological with the added peculiarity that they also exemplify the mechanism of spelling pronunciation, because they were borrowed for English from French rather than from Latin at a time when the was no longer pronounced in French.
Etymological Spelling
The in acknowledge points to its etymological relation with to know.
Some of the smaller dictionaries, from the MW-III and the Random House Unabridged on down through the college and desk sizes, contain etymologies reflecting up-to-date scholarship but these works may not be particularly user-friendly: after all, surveys have shown that etymological information is that least frequently sought by dictionary users, so it ill behooves publishers to devote a great deal of expensive space to it.