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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Jun 1, 2014 12:07:30 GMT 5.5
The meanings of words change with time. However, a knowledge of a word's history, how it originated, how its meaning changed in its long passage of use can tell us clearly about its current meaning(s). Etymology enables us to see even the delicate nuances in the meanings of even very closely synonymous words, or even slightly different words sharing the same root.
We'll open a new subforum under English to study, research, enquire into etymologies of words. There will be experts on the board.
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