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Etymology: < classical Latin aetiologia inquiry into, or explanation of, causes, in post-classical Latin also in medical context (1602 or earlier) < ancient Greek αἰτιολογία < αἰτία responsibility, guilt, blame, accusation, cause, reason ( < αἴτιος culpable, responsible < an unattested noun (compare ἔξαιτος choice, excellent) < the stem of αἴνυσθαι to take hold of, seize ( < the same Indo-European base as Tocharian B ai- to give) + -τος , suffix forming adjectives) + -λογία -logy comb. form. Compare Middle French aitiologie, French étiologie, †aetiologie (1550 in an apparently isolated attestation, and subsequently from 1694, in medical context; 1611 in philosophical context), Spanish etiología (1580), Italian eziologia (1631 as †etiologia; earliest in medical context).(Show Less)