The etymology of etymology is from the greek etumologia which means "true sense of a word"
Etymology is the study of words and their origins and development.
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It's from the ancient Greek. Homeo/homo means 'the same'. Like homosexual is liking the same sex. Stasis means keeping still. Like stationary, static etc. So homeostasis is keeping everything...
The etymology of art is the history of art