Definition of LEXICOLOGY

lexicology

Meanings

Plural: lexicologies

Noun

  • the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
  • The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
  • A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logy.

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