殷寄明同志的《语源学概论》是一部语源学通论著作。作者在现代语言学思想指导下，通过对我国语源学史的回顾，结合其亲身研究实践，全面、系统、深入地论述了语源、语源学、语源的特点、语源学的主要任务、同源字和同源词、同源词的语音和语义亲缘关系类型、语源学方法论、语 An Introduction to Etymology by Comrade Yin Zhiming is a general etymology book. Under the guidance of modern linguistic thinking, through reviewing the history of Chinese etymology, combined with his own research practice, the author comprehensively, systematically and deeply discusses the characteristics of etymology, etymology and etymology, the main tasks of etymology, Phonetic and semantic types of cognates, homophones, etymological methodology, language