etymologicznym

Etymologicznym is the masculine singular instrumental form of the Polish adjective etymologiczny, meaning etymological or relating to the study of word origins. In Polish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number and case; etymologicznym is used with masculine (often in instrumental or certain locative constructions) and with neuter nouns in appropriate contexts. It appears most often in scholarly or formal writing, for example in phrases such as badaniem etymologicznym or w etymologicznym kontekście, where the adjective accompanies a noun in instrumental or locative case.

Etymology of the term itself traces back to the root etymon, from Greek etymon meaning the “true sense” or original form of a word, combined with logia, meaning study or science. The noun etymologia and the adjective etymologiczny entered Polish through the influence of Latin and scholarly tradition, forming a family of terms used to describe origins, history and formation of words. The base form etymologia is the study of word origins, while etymologiczny and its inflected forms describe things related to that study.

Usage and scope: etymologicznym is primarily a descriptive linguistic term used in analysis, dictionaries, and academic discussion of word origins. It is distinct from etymologiczny in other cases and from etymologicznie, the adverb meaning “etymologically.” Writers choose the appropriate gendered and case form to fit the noun they modify and to reflect the syntactic role of the phrase within a sentence.

See also: etymologia, etymologiczny, etymologicznie.