surface etymology
English
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) The apparent etymology of a term based on components occurring in the modern form of the language, such as earth + -en for earthen (earthen), which actually occurred in Old English as eorthene (eorthene).
Etymology
Compound from English surface + English etymology.
Origin
English
etymology
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisurface English
- archaeosurface English
- cavosurface English
- countersurface English
- eigensurface English
- ergosurface English
- etymologic English
- etymological English
- etymologick English
- etymologise English
- etymologism English
- etymologist English
- etymologize English
- etymology English
- hypersurface English
- intersurface English
- isosurface English
- metasurface English
- microsurface English
- multisurface English
- nanosurface English
- nonsurface English
- palaeosurface English
- paleosurface English
- pseudoetymology English
- pseudosurface English
- resurface English
- streamsurface English
- subsurface English
- surface English
- surface runoff English
- surface-supplied diving English
- surfaceless English
- surfaceman English
- surfaceome English
- surfacer English
- surfaceward English
- surfacewards English
- surfacic English
- surfacism English
- surfacy English
- surfome English
- undersurface English
- worksurface English
- ethymologie Middle English
- surfome
- surfacy
- surface
- surfacer
- surfacic
- etymology
- resurface
- surfacism
- isosurface
- surfaceome
- nonsurface
- surfaceman
- subsurface
- etymologic
- etymologise
- etymologize
- antisurface
- ergosurface
- etymologist
- etymologism
- worksurface
- etymologick
- cavosurface
- nanosurface
- metasurface
- surfaceward
- surfaceless
- paleosurface
- undersurface
- etymological
- surfacewards
- intersurface
- microsurface
- eigensurface
- multisurface
- hypersurface
- palaeosurface
- streamsurface
- pseudosurface
- archaeosurface
- surface runoff
- countersurface
- pseudoetymology
- surface-supplied diving