etymologize

English

Alternative forms

(UK) etymologise

Etymology

Verb

etymologize (third-person singular simple present etymologizes, present participle etymologizing, simple past and past participle etymologized)

(linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.

Derived terms

folk-etymologize

Related terms

Translations

to find or provide etymology for a word

Armenian: ստուգաբանել (hy) (stugabanel)
Catalan: etimologitzar
Finnish: etymologisoida
French: étymologiser (fr)

German: etymologisieren
Italian: etimologizzare
Russian: этимологизи́ровать (ru) (etimologizírovatʹ)
Spanish: etimologizar (es)

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