ETYMOLOGY OF ENGLISH WORDS
1. What is etymology?
Etymology is the study of the origin of word.
2. What is the relationship between etymological and stylistic characteristic of words?
The relationship between etymology and stylistic characteristic of words is, in fact, the relationship between formal and informal words, belonging to the formal strata, are often used in formal text, documents or as scientific e technological terms. In contrast, native words, belonging to informal strata and in many cases having great expressive emotional value, are often used in daily language, in conversation and in informal text.
3. What are international words?
International words are words, ether of political, economic, scientific or technological nature borrowed by several languages and not just by one.
Ex: TV, radio, telephone, cassette.
4. What are etymological doublets?
Etymological doublets are pairs of (or several) words, more or less similar in meaning and phonation, taken into a language from the same source at different times.
shirt - skirt
canal - channel
captain - chieftain
shade - shadow
hotel - hostel - hospital
5. What are translation-loans?
Translation-loans are a special type of borrowings taken into a language by means of literally translating foreign words after their pattern.
hộp đen - black box
chất xám - grey matter
nền KT bong bóng - bubble economy
đầu vào, đầu ra - in put, out put
điểm nóng - hot spot
