The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ETYM , but the solution may also be DER which is one of the most recent solution (1967 in New York Times).
Origin of a word: Abbr crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ETYM | 50 % | 4 |
| DER | 25 % | 3 |
| DERIV | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Origin of a word: Abbr
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- temp
- ult
- derivation
- etymology
- etymon
- semitism
- americanism
- cognate
- complement
- derive
- derived
- exotic
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ETYM
- Early Celtic Christianity center
- Word origin: Abbr.
- Source of a word: Abbr.
- Word hist.
- Def. accompanier
- Dict. entry involving origins
- Part of a dict. entry
- Word deriv.
- Dict. deriv. data
- Derivation of a word (abbr.)
More clues leading to the result DER
- "__ Spiegel"
- "___ Rosenkavalier"
- __ Bingle (Crosby)
- Aachen article
- "__ Rosenkavalier"
- Article written tens of thousands of times by Karl Marx?
- German article
- __ Rosenkavalier
- ___ Spiegel
- Awkward moment filler