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etymology शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति को ऐतिहासिक-भाषिक दृष्टि से स्पष्ट है। 'सत्यम्' शब्द में आद्य वर्ण 'स' वर्ण का लोप हुआ है। सत्यम् > इत्यम् > etyam > etymology यह व्युत्पत्ति क्रम है।
🔹 Origin Path of Etymology
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Greek
- etymon = "true sense, original meaning"
- etymos = "true, real, actual"
- etymologia = "analysis of a word to find its true origin"
- घटक: etymon (true sense) + -logia (study, speaking of)
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Latin
- etymologia → later adapted into Latin.
- Cicero ने इसे veriloquium (Latin calque) भी कहा — "truth-speaking."
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Old French (14th c.)
- etimologie, ethimologie → Modern French étymologie.
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Middle English (14th c.)
- ethimolegia → etymologie.
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Modern English
- etymology = "study of the origin and historical development of words."
🔹 Deeper Indo-European Roots
- Greek etymos = “true,” related to:
- Sanskrit: सत्य (satyaḥ) = true, real.
- Gothic: sunjis = true.
- Old English: soð = true.
- Proto-Indo-European root: **set- / es- = to be stable, to be, truth.
📊 Comparative Table
| Language/Stage | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| PIE | *set- / es- | to be stable, true |
| Sanskrit | सत्य (satyaḥ) | true, real |
| Greek | ἐτυμος (etymos) | true, real |
| Greek | ἐτυμολογία (etymologia) | study of true/original sense |
| Latin | etymologia / veriloquium | study of word origins |
| Old French | etimologie | etymology |
| Middle English | ethimolegia | study of word origins |
| Modern English | Etymology | study of the history/origin of words |
✅ निष्कर्ष
- Etymology का मूल अर्थ है “the study of the true/original sense of words.”
- यह ग्रीक etymos और संस्कृत सत्य (satyaḥ) दोनों से जुड़ा हुआ है।
- इससे स्पष्ट होता है कि सत्य / true / etymos सब एक ही प्राचीन PIE धातु set- से निकले हैं।
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