etymological
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The verbs for mattering, importer and compter, have no etymological link to matière.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
I’m glad you asked, because earlier this week The Times published an entertaining history of the word’s etymological evolution.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2024
“For the Calendar, I wanted to go back to the etymological root of the word ‘muse’.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022
But besides common etymological roots, Prosekar, Prosecco and Prosek have little in common.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021
‘Proof’ thus covers both necessary truths and practical tests, and it has the same etymological root as ‘probe’ and ‘probability’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing etymological
Frindle
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