![]() ![]() From 1550s as "a mark in the margin of a book calling attention to something in the text," hence "a statement subsidiary to the text adding or elucidating something." From 1680s as "a paper acknowledging a debts, etc." In perfumery, "a basic component of a fragrance which gives it its character," by 1905. ![]() as "a sign by which a musical tone is represented to the eye." Meaning "a brief written abstract of facts" is from 1540s meaning "a short, informal written communication" is from 1590s. as "mark, sign, or token by which a thing may be known." From late 14c. that of "reputation, fame" is from late 14c. Meaning "notice, attention" is from early 14c. 1300, "a song, music, melody instrumental music a bird-song a musical note of a definite pitch," from Old French note and directly from Latin nota "letter, character, note," originally "a mark, sign, means of recognition," which traditionally has been connected to notus, past participle of noscere "to come to know," but de Vaan reports this is "impossible," and with no attractive alternative explanation, it is of unknown origin. ![]() OED says this use "appears to be confined to Eng." First of organs and pianos, by 1765 of wind instruments transferred to telegraphy by 1837 and later to typewriters (1876).Ĭ. ![]() 1500, probably also suggested by uses of clavis. Sense of "mechanism on a musical instrument operated by the player's fingers" is from c. to "sum of the melodic and harmonic relationships in the tones of a scale," also "melodic and harmonic relationships centering on a given tone." Probably this is based on a translation of Latin clavis "key," used by Guido for "lowest tone of a scale," or French clef (see clef also see keynote). In music theory, the sense developed 17c. The musical sense originally was "tone, note" (mid-15c.). Meaning "explanation of a solution" (to a set problem, code, etc.) is from c.1600. 1700 earlier and in Middle English it often was pronounced "kay." Meaning "that which holds together other parts" is from 1520s. Modern pronunciation is a northern variant predominating from c. But Liberman writes, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages." Compare also Sanskrit kuncika- "key," from kunc- "make crooked." Etymology ( / tmldi / ET-im-OL-jee 1) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes. Perhaps it is related to Middle Low German keie "lance, spear" on notion of "tool to cleave with," from Proto-Germanic *ki- "to cleave, split" (cognates: German Keil "wedge," Gothic us-kijans "come forth," said of seed sprouts, keinan "to germinate"). [Rachel Barney, "Socrates Agonistes: The Case of theĬratylus Etymologies," in "Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy," vol."instrument for opening locks," Middle English keie, from Old English cæg "metal piece that works a lock, key" literal and figurative ("solution, explanation, one who or that which opens the way or explains"), a word of unknown origin, abnormal evolution, and no sure cognates other than Old Frisian kei. This content is taken to have been put there by the ancient namegivers: giving an etymology is thus a matter of unwrapping or decoding a name to find the message the namegivers have placed inside. Related: Etymological etymologically.Ĭratylus, etymology involves a claim about the underlying semantic content of the name, what it really means or indicates. As "an account of the particular history of a word" from mid-15c. Flaubert wrote that the general view was that etymology was "the easiest thing in the world with the help of Latin and a little ingenuity."Īs a modern branch of linguistic science treating of the origin and evolution of words, from 1640s. Classical etymologists, Christian and pagan, based their explanations on allegory and guesswork, lacking historical records as well as the scientific method to analyze them, and the discipline fell into disrepute that lasted a millennium. In classical times, with reference to meanings later, to histories. Late 14c., ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie (14c., Modern French étymologie), from Latin etymologia, from Greek etymologia "analysis of a word to find its true origin," properly "study of the true sense (of a word)," with -logia "study of, a speaking of" (see -logy) + etymon "true sense, original meaning," neuter of etymos "true, real, actual," related to eteos "true," which perhaps is cognate with Sanskrit satyah, Gothic sunjis, Old English soð "true," from a PIE *set- "be stable." Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium. ![]()
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