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Etymology
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Etymology is a branch of linguistics that seeks answers to questions concerning the semantic motivation and original meaning of words, morphemes, word collocations, and phrasemes. It explores the semantic motivation for proper nouns, though these, from the moment of their formation, are no longer…

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Snoj, Marko, “Etymology”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief: Marc L. Greenberg, General Editor: Lenore A. Grenoble. Consulted online on 22 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_032486>
First published online: 2020



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