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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 23% | 9 | Having two meanings | |
3 | 23% | 10 | From Latin for “to speak”, a lexicon of words listed alphabetically with their meanings/etymology | |
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We think the answer is "ETYMA" which means:
- noun
- • The source word, or words, of a given word or expression.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The etyma of the word 'cat' can be traced back to the old english word 'catt'"
- • "He studied the etyma of various greek words in his linguistic research"
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New York Times06 Aug 1983 | Down 40 | |
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