terminology

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study and design of sensible terminology .

Etymology

. the derivation of a word.

2. an account of the history of a particular word or element of a word.

3. the study of historical linguistic change,

esp. as manifested in individual words.

Origin:

1398, from Gk. etymologia, from etymon "true sense"

(neut. of etymos "true," related to eteos "true")

+ logos "word." In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories.

Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium.

1350Ð1400; ME: L etymologia: Gk etymolog’a,

equiv. to etymol—g(os) studying the true meanings and values of words

(Žtymo(s) true (see etymon ) + l—gos word, reason) + -ia -y 3

lexis:

1955Ð60; : Gk lŽxis speech, diction, word, text,

equiv. to lŽg(ein) to speak, recount

(akin to l—gos account, word, L legere to read;

see logos, lection ) + -sis -sis

the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar;

the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language;

lexicon.

lexigram:

a symbol that represents a word

lexicology:

The branch of linguistics that deals with the lexical component of language.

study of the formation, meaning, and use of words

and of idiomatic combinations of words.

lexicography:

1. the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.

2. the principles and procedures involved in

writing, editing, or compiling dictionaries.

lexicon (plural: lexica):

a wordbook or dictionary, esp. of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.

2. the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.

3. inventory or record

4. Linguistics.

a. the total inventory of morphemes in a given language.

b. the inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes.

lexical:

1. of or pertaining to the words or vocabulary of a language,

esp. as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.

2. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a lexicon.

lexeme:

n. The fundamental unit of the lexicon of a language.

Find, finds, found, and finding are forms of the English lexeme find.