Word Meaning 語源説

ごげんせつ gogensetsu

語源説 is read as ごげんせつ (gogensetsu) and means etymological theory.

Meaning

English

etymological theory
etymology

Reading

Kana

ごげんせつ

Romaji

gogensetsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 44137 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

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語源

ごげん

origin of a word

語源学

ごげんがく

(study of) etymology

アフリカ単一起源説

あふりかたんいつきげんせつ

Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)

起源説

きげんせつ

theory of origins

言語相対説

げんごそうたいせつ

theory of linguistic relativity

用語解説

ようごかいせつ

glossary

源氏物語

げんじものがたり

The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

語句

ごく

words

語り継ぐ

かたりつぐ

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

語尾

ごび

(inflectional) ending of a word

語を結ぶ

ごをむすぶ

to conclude one's speech

語派

ごは

branch (of a language family)