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comparative philology

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Word History and Origins

Origin of comparative philology1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Kemble had a full acquaintance with the new science of comparative philology which was developing in Germany under Jakob Grimm.

Naturally, Comparative Philology blundered and stumbled along this path into endless absurdities.

As to the destructive—or would-be destructive—part, he condenses my arguments against the method of comparative philology.

But where, all this time, is there a reference by Mannhardt to ‘the general principles of comparative philology’?

Or to take a more modern instance: comparative philology has attained completeness in our own day.

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