Brain Fart - Word Glitchin'

Etymology -

The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible. The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.

Yeh, yeh, I know some of you find this shit easy, but I've been trying to remember this word for days, and I'm not planning on forgetting it again any time soon.

Words... sniff... words are precious, dude.