Etymologize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To find or provide the etymology for a word. ambitransitive

    "It has long been noted that the Sardinian toponymy and lexicon contain numerous elements that cannot satisfactorily be etymologized within Latin."

  2. 2
    construct the history of words wordnet
  3. 3
    give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) wordnet

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etymologise

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"It has long been noted that the Sardinian toponymy and lexicon contain numerous elements that cannot satisfactorily be etymologized within Latin."

Etymology

From etymology + -ize.

Related phrases

folk-etymologizere-etymologize

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