An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A branch of → linguistics that studies the formation, meaning, and use of words and their idiomatic combinations. In contrast to → terminology, lexicology is based on words and does not conceive of meaning unless it is related to the word.

Etymology (EN): From lexic, from Gk. lexicon, noun use of lexikos “pertaining to words,” from lexis “word; speech” (+ -ikos, → -ics), from legein “to say, speak, recount,”

• -o-, + → -logy.

Etymology (PE): Vâžešnâsi, from vâžé, → word,

• -šenâsi, → -logy.