Etymology

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Across
  1. 3. An affix added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
  2. 8. The study of meaning in language.
  3. 9. A figure of speech that describes one thing in terms of another.
  4. 10. Exaggerated language used for emphasis.
  5. 11. The study of speech sounds and their production.
  6. 13. The adoption of words from one language into another.
  7. 14. A newly coined word or expression.
  8. 18. Words that imitate the sound they represent.
  9. 19. The study of the origin and history of words.
  10. 21. A word with a similar meaning to another word.
  11. 22. The scientific study of language and its structure.
  12. 23. A word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards.
  13. 24. A word derived from the name of a person or character.
  14. 25. A word with an opposite meaning to another word.
Down
  1. 1. The process of forming new words from existing ones.
  2. 2. The study of language in historical and literary contexts.
  3. 4. The study of language change over time.
  4. 5. A person who studies the origins of words.
  5. 6. An affix added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning.
  6. 7. The phenomenon where a single word has multiple meanings.
  7. 12. Words that sound the same but have different meanings.
  8. 15. A word that shares a common origin with another word in a different language.
  9. 16. A complete vocabulary or dictionary of a language.
  10. 17. The smallest unit of meaning in a word.
  11. 20. Root The basic element from which words are formed.