Middle English Dictionary Entry
etimoloǧīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | etimoloǧīe n. Also ethimi-. |
| Etymology | L etymologia (from Gr.), OF ethimologie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The original form and meaning of a word, which were believed [after Plato, the Stoics, etc.] capable of revealing the true, essential meaning of the word; etymon; (b) a methodical discussion of the origins, or true meanings, of words; specif., Isidore of Seville's Originum sive Etymologiarum.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)206a/a : Tyn hatte stagnum..and haþ þat name of ethymologye of grew.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)19b/a : First it is to wetinge..What is þe menynge of þe ethimolegia & þe settinge of þis name anima, a soule.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1566 : Yf we hem dewly kun applye And ordenelly aftyr the ethimologye.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1570 : Salomon 'pesyble' aftyr ethimologye 'The prince of pees' betoknyth.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3386 : Whos name for to specyfie Aftir ethymologye, Venus, by exposicion, Is seyde of venym and poysovne.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)2/1 : This glorious name Augustinus is mad comendable..for þe noble ethimilogie which longeth to þe name.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)110.389 (v.2:p.176) : Seneca .. fulfilled the ethymologie of his name, for 'Seneca' is as moche forto seyn as 'se necas,' a man sleeyng hymself.
- 1534(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Herford)1.63 : Of his name to write..So as I can the ethymologie.
b
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)2/1 : Ethimilogie is cleped in gramer þe trewe exposicion of a word.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)34 : As Ysider tellith in the third bood [read: book] of Ethimilogies.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)7/21 : As Ysidore seithe in his XIIII boke of his ethymologies.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.63va (2.8) : Þerfor seiþ Ysodre in þe 4 boke of Ethimologies, 10 c.: it bihoueþ him þat schal be a leche for to knowe þinges þat ar passede & wete þinges þat now ar & for to se tofore þinges þat ar for to come.
Note: Antedates sense (b).