Editing Ethnology (section)

{{short description|Branch of anthropology}}
{{distinguish|Ethology|Ethnography|Etiology|Ecology}}
{{for|the journal|Ethnology (journal){{!}}''Ethnology'' (journal)}}
{{Anthropology}}
'''Ethnology''' (from the {{langx|grc|ἔθνος}}, {{lang|grc-Latn|ethnos}} meaning '[[nation]]')<ref>{{cite web|title=ethno-|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ethno-?q=ethno|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515153743/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ethno-?q=ethno|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|work=Oxford Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref> is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different [[peoples]] and the relationships between them (compare [[cultural anthropology|cultural]], [[social anthropology|social]], or [[sociocultural anthropology]]).<ref name=oxford>{{cite web|title=ethnology|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ethnology?q=ethnology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515151917/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ethnology?q=ethnology|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|work=Oxford Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>