語ご源げんTop 20000MeaningsNoun1. origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymologyKanji used語language源sourcePitch accentごげんUsed in vocabulary語ご源げん学がく(study of) etymologyNoun語ご源げん説せつetymological theory; etymologyNoun民みん間かん語ご源げんfolk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymologyNoun語ご源げん俗ぞっ解かいfolk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymologyNounExamples1これらの語ごは同おなじ語ご源げんから出でている。These words are derived from the same root.