Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun etymology

2 senses of etymology

Sense 1
etymology -- (a history of a word)
       => history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")

Sense 2
etymology -- (the study of the sources and development of words)
       => linguistics -- (the scientific study of language)