Etymological dictionaries

Eva Buchi (1)

1 ATILF - Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française

This chapter about etymological dictionaries covers mainly two topics. First, it provides, based mostly on examples from European languages, a broad analysis of contemporary practices in etymographical work concerning turn in turn inherited lexicon, borrowings, and internal creations, i.e. the three grand etymological classes which make their own different demands of an etymologist. Then it tackles some issues the author considers of particular interest in current etymography: the dictionary's underlying definition of etymology, the word-list, what should be considered the etymological (and etymographical) unit, etimologia prossima vs. etimologia remota, the degree of formalization, and the prickly question of bringing etymological dictionaries to an end.

Mots clés: Borrowings; comparative reconstruction; etymography; etymology; inherited lexicon; internal creations; loanwords

Mots clés: Créations internes; emprunts; étymographie; étymologie; grammaire comparée-reconstruction; lexique héréditaire

Domaines: Linguistique

Eva Buchi. Etymological dictionaries. Philip Durkin. The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography, Oxford University Press, pp.338-349, 2016, 978-0-19-969163-0. ⟨halshs-00727172⟩