What the two words in each starred answer have in common with each other (9)

I believe the answer is:

etymology

(Other definitions for etymology that I've seen before include "original source" , "story in a word?" , "Word history" , "Investigation of derivation of words" , "Study of the derivation of words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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