philology

philology
noun

[mass noun]the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages
语文学
■(chiefly US)literary or classical scholarship
(主美)（古典）文学学术成就

派生
philologian
noun
philological
adjective
philologically
adverb
philologist
noun
语源

late Middle English (in the Greek sense): current usage (late 17th cent.) from French philologie, via Latin from Greek philologia 'love of learning' (see philo-, -logy)