etymological dictionary

1. 1.

   a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word

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Questions about etymological dictionary

What does etymological dictionary mean?

etymological dictionary means "a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word".

Is etymological dictionary a common word?

etymological dictionary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.