Both Uses of
etymology
in
Gulliver's Travels
- The word, which I interpret the flying or floating island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymology.†
Chpt 3 *
- The word Houyhnhnm, in their tongue, signifies a HORSE, and, in its etymology, the PERFECTION OF NATURE.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(etymology) the origin & history of a word; or the study of such for all words