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Which reference material helps you learn the etymology or history of a word?

Thesaurus
glossary
dictionary
encyclopedia

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dictionary is the answer


User Shigeya
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Each of the following reference material has a specific purpose, but the one that contains the etymology or history of a word is the dictionary, which lists words and their definitions, meanings, pronunciation or translation.

Thesaurus is a reference book containing groups of words that are similar.

Glossary is the vocabulary of a text.

Encyclopedia is a book or many books containing articles in alphabetical order.

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