In at least two hundred words, explain the significance of etymology in language development. Use examples of words and their origins to support your ideas. Consult a dictionary or other resources as needed to cite at least two examples.

The words Etimology in language development means the origin of a word. Any word written in any language can be deduced according to their root (which is a couple of combinations). It is a good exercise to review different roots to find out their true meaning. It is an example of etimology using the english language. According to one of the exponent of this topic John Allegro says: The relation between words and thoughts is etymology since it expresses the root of the word, besides that, it expresses its fundamental or radical concept. In other words, we study etimology along the history of the words, origin, meaning and their different changes in time. There have been different types of words from the earlier to a new time or it is used in a new language. Besides that, Etymologist can help to rebuild information about languages when information is not avalaible.

Examples:

Root                         Meaning                                            Example

a- an                         without, not                               asexual- anarchy

ad                             toward                                       adhere-adumbrate

There are 3 forms that a new words arrive to a language.

Borrowings: Words are borrowing from another language

Word formation

Languages have lots of ways of creating new words

Sound symbolism

Some words such as “click” are examples of onomatopoeia.

Explanation:

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