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Etymology vs Goropism - What's the difference?

etymology | goropism |

As nouns the difference between etymology and goropism

is that etymology is (uncountable) the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words while goropism is a theory that some modern or attested language, such as dutch, turkish, or hebrew, was the original language of mankind.

etymology

English

Noun

(wikipedia etymology) (etymologies)
  • (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  • (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with .

    Derived terms

    * etymological * fake etymology * false etymology * folk etymology * popular etymology

    Related terms

    * etymon * etymologist * etymologize

    Hyponyms

    * onomastics

    References

    * * * English words suffixed with -ology

    goropism

    English

    Noun

  • A theory that some modern or attested language, such as Dutch, Turkish, or Hebrew, was the original language of mankind.
  • An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a theory.

    • Synonyms

    * becanism

    Hypernyms

    * folk etymology