Etymograph

English

morphology

Morphology comes from German Morphologie, and goes back to Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφή‘shape, form’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMorphologie
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001morphology

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφή‘shape, form’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMorphologie
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001morphology

Earliest quotation: 2001, Yehuda Falk, Lexical-Functional Grammar: “There are many ways to show that word structure…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’

information, form, amorphous, fromage, 40 more

Today it means

noun A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek μορφή / morphology

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