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Etymological dictionaries are the only dictionaries that provide word derivations. True

False

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The answer is totally false.

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The correct answer is False

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Etymological dictionaries are dictionaries or lists of the words in a language that includes information related to the etymology of words or the origin these have. Additionally, these type of dictionaries can also provide word derivations that refer to words that derive from a root word by adding prefixes and suffixes to it and which is related to etymology as through this it can be determined the root word or basic unit that serves to form more words. However, this information can also be found in regular dictionaries and there are even dictionaries that provide information about derivations without including information about the origin of a word (etymology). Therefore, it is false only etymological dictionaries provide word derivations.

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