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etymonically

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

In an etymonic way; in a way based on etymons; as analyzed via etymons.

Examples

“Xu Shen's Explanation of Words and Characters divides the ways of making Chinese characters into six kinds: indicator graphs, pictographs, form⟳ and voice compounds, etymonic compounds, graphically and etymonically related pairs, and phonetic loan characters.”
“Giving weight to 'remnants' emphasises the fragmentation of the British; the suggestion is that they have⟳ been removed from a larger whole; they remain⟳ (reading etymonically through the translation), and they remain⟳ at least potentially negative.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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