Etymology

et·y·mol·o·gy (ĕt'ə-m�?l'ə-jē) pronunciation n., pl. -gies.


 * 1) The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible.
 * 2) The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.

[Middle English etimologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Medieval Latin ethimologia, from Latin etymologia, from Greek etumologi�? : etumon, true sense of a word; see etymon + -logi�?, -logy.]

Lets look at some Etymological roots of some familiar words:


 * Want (and the word "Vacant" come from the same root)
 * Anxiety (and Worry come from a smiliar root)