Words similar to etymology

Example sentences for: etymology

How can you use “etymology” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Another often-mistaken etymology is the name Ajo in Arizona.
Spook etymology misinforms us that babble is a Biblical reference to Genesis 11.
Much as the press coverage of "government" is in large measure coverage of politics, so also do discussions of "language" get skewed toward issues of usage and etymology.
Opponents of nonsexist language show passionate loyalty to principles of etymology and tradition and unexpected respect for grace and style (admittedly frequent victims of inclusion of the feminine pronoun).
steort is a clear proof of the inability of the English mind to conceive that etymology obeys fixed laws.