different between lexicon vs etymology

English

Etymology

Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek ??????? ??????? (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ???? (lég?, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to gather, collect”).

Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?k.s?.k?n/
• (US) enPR: l?k's?k?n, IPA^(key): /?l?k.s?.k?n/

Noun

lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)

1. The vocabulary of a language.

   Synonyms: word-hoard, word-stock

2. (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.

   Synonym: wordbook

3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
4. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
5. (rare) Any dictionary.
6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)

   Coordinate term: idiolect

7. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.

   the baseball lexicon

   1. A list thereof.

      a baseball lexicon

   Synonym: glossary

Related terms

• lexical
• lexicography
• lexicology
• lexiconophilia
• lexiconophilist

Translations

Further reading

• lexicon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lexicon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• lexonic

Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of ??????? (lexikós, “of words”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lexi?con

Noun

lexicon n (plural lexicons or lexica, diminutive lexiconnetje n)

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) lexicon

Further reading

• lexicon on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon”), which is an ellipsis from Ancient Greek ??????? ??????? (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ???? (lég?, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to gather, collect”).

Attested at least since Girolamo Aleandro's Lexicon graeco-latinum, multis et praeclaris additionibus locupletatum (1512).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lek.si.kon/, [????ks??k?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lek.si.kon/, [?l??zik?n]

Noun

lexicon n (genitive lexic?); second declension

1. (New Latin) a dictionary, a lexicon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Descendants

• ? Dutch: lexicon m
• ? German: Lexikon, Lexicon
  • ? Czech: lexikon
  • ? Hungarian: lexikon (“encyclopedia”)
  • ? Swedish: lexikon
• ? Middle French: lexicon m
  • French: lexique m
  • ? English: lexicon (possibly; or directly from Latin)

References

• lexicon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lexicon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

For etymology on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Etymology.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (etumología), from ?????? (étumon, “true sense”) and -????? (-logía, “study of”), from ????? (lógos, “word; explanation”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?t"?-m?l'?-j?, IPA^(key): /??t.??m?l.?.d?i/
• (General American) enPR: ?t"?-m?l'?-j?, IPA^(key): /??t.??m?l.?.d?i/
• Hyphenation: e?ty?mo?lo?gy
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

etymology (plural etymologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
2. (countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.

3. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”).

Hyponyms

• onomastics

Derived terms

• etymological
• folk etymology
• popular etymology
• pseudoetymology
• surface etymology

Related terms

• etymon
• etymologist
• etymologize

Translations

References

• “etymology”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “etymology” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "etymology" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.