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ETYMOLOGY

the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language

The meaning of the word etymology is the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language.

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WordMeaning
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
welterwrithe
enraptureto fill with delight
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
malodoroushaving a bad odor
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics