verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of etymologize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
2. 2
   construct the history of words wordnet
3. 3
   give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

etymologizeetymologize

Etymology

From etymology + -ise.

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