All 3 Uses of
etymology
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Although modern culture had erased much of Venus's association with the male/female physical union, a sharp etymological eye could still spot a vestige of Venus's original meaning in the word "venereal."†
Chpt 6
- Langdon considered offering an etymological sidebar about the word hermaphrodite and its ties to Hermes and Aphrodite, but something told him it would be lost on this crowd.†
Chpt 25-26 *
- Langdon knew it was no coincidence that the word minstrel and minister shared an etymological root.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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(etymology) the origin & history of a word; or the study of such for all words