Un árbol idioma / A language tree |
Según el Real Academia Española, etimología significa "origen de las palabras, razón de su existencia, de su significación y de su forma."
Etymology is defined as "the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history."
La etimología es muy importante para entender idiomas modernas.
To understand modern language, it is very important to understand etymology.
Etimología puede enseñarnos porque existe palabras y ortografías raros, y puede explicar la forma de las idiomas ahora.
Etymology can teach us why our language has strange words and spellings, and it can explain the form and function of modern languages.
Cacahuete feliz / Happy peanut |
For example, if we want to know the history of the word "equestrian", we can look on the internet to see what language it comes from. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the English word "equestrian" comes from Latin "equus" (horse). Many English words come from Latin and other Romance/European languages. English has many different linguistic roots, so it is helpful to understand where individual words come from to understand the language as a whole. English borrows many words from other languages. The English word "abalone" comes from the Spanish word "abulón". For a list of English-Spanish loan words, look here.
Para entender las lenguas, debes usar el internet para investigar palabras interesantes. Una buena comprensión de etimología vas a ayudarte a comprender tu idioma primera y también como hablar otras lenguas que aprendes en el futuro.
To understand languages, you should use the internet to investigate interesting words. A good understanding of etymology will help you understand your first language as well as other languages you may learn in the future.
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