What is the etymology of abstruse?

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.

People, as sense of populace, domestic population from late 13th. century, "humans, persons in general," from Anglo-French people, Old French peupel, from Latin populus "people"

Many fanciful derivations for okay abound. Most likely, okay comes from the Gullah word okeh. "Most likely"No, not most likely. Possible - but rather unlikely.Most likely is that it came from a...

the study of the origin of the form and meaning of words