etymology etymologize • etymon · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · etymology · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a history of a word. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) the study of the sources and development of words. · · Noun Definition 2 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079