Etymologiczni

Etymologiczni is the masculine personal plural form of the Polish adjective etymologiczny, meaning “etymological” or “relating to etymology.” It is used to describe things connected with the study of word origins or to refer to groups of people associated with that field, for example etymologiczni naukowcy (etymological researchers).

As an adjective, etymologiczny inflects by gender and number. The base stem etymolog- comes from etymologia (etymology) and the suffix -iczny forms adjectives in Polish. Typical forms include etymologiczny (masculine singular), etymologiczna (feminine singular), and etymologiczne (neuter singular). In plural, the masculine personal form is etymologiczni, while the others take forms like etymologiczne in contexts involving feminine or neuter plurals.

Usage in Polish is common in scholarly and linguistic contexts. It can modify nouns such as badacze, językoznawcy, or słowniki, yielding phrases like etymologiczni badacze, etymologiczni językoznawcy, or etymologiczne słowniki. The term appears in academic writing, dictionaries, and discussions of word origins and historical development.

Origin and related terms: The adjective derives from etymologia, which itself comes from Greek etymon meaning “true sense” and logos meaning “study.” The noun for a specialist in the field is etymolog (or etymolodzy in plural). Related terms include etymologia (etymology) and other derivations built with the same root.