Multiple choice

Which of the following is the study of the history of words and their origins?

  1. Historical linguistics

  2. Etymology

  3. Anthropological linguistics

  4. Graphetics

  5. Phonetics
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Explanation

Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By an extension, the term the etymology of [a word] means the origin of the particular word.

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