Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
yeah but what does it mean

Well, the Greek word ετυμος (etumos) 'true; true sense (of a word)'. So, etymology is the study of true meanings, or, in the words of St Isidore in naming his book of etymologies, Origines 'origins' (from Latin origo).


So the etymology of etymology leads us right to the etymological fallacy!!