philological

• Relatif à la philologie, c'est-à-dire à l'étude des textes écrits et des langues dans leur histoire, leur développement et leur transmission; qui concerne l'analyse critique et linguistique des documents anciens ou littéraires.

Relating to the study of language in written historical sources; concerned with the history and development of languages.

1. Relating to the study of language historyC1formal

   Concerning the academic discipline that examines the historical development of languages, including their structures, texts, and cultural contexts.

   philologique

   • The professor's philological research traced the evolution of the word 'knight' from Old English.
   • Her philological analysis of the ancient manuscript revealed several scribal errors.
   • The conference focused on philological methods for interpreting medieval poetry.

   Synonymesetymologicallinguistic