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Example sentences for: etymology

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Then, there should be a word for a word that has an etymology that is no longer true.
The subject of our epistolary dialogue is the etymology of the word balagan , a buzzword in modern Hebrew.
Even where there is more evidence of a world's usage a good guess at the etymology is about all that can be made.
The least one may say is that no English dictionary published through 1987 gives a fully correct etymology for tamale or frijol(e) .
Part II: HELPFUL HINTS is a partial answer key for the exercises in the COMMON ROOTS and provides the meaning and etymology of one root per exercise word.