ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does etymological dictionary mean? 

• ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (noun)
  The noun ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY has 1 sense:

1. a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word

  Familiarity information: ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dictionary giving the historical origins of each word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("etymological dictionary" is a kind of...):

dictionary; lexicon (a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them)