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ಪದದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ — meaning in English

padada hinnele

Kannada → English · translate English → Kannada instead

English meaning

  • etymology noun The origin and history of a word, including the earlier forms and languages it came from and how its meaning has shifted.

Senses

ಪದದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ is used for these senses in English:

  • etymology study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words

etymology — full definition

  1. noun The origin and history of a word, including the earlier forms and languages it came from and how its meaning has shifted.
  2. noun The branch of linguistics that studies where words come from and how they change over time.