Etymologize
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intransitive verb.
To trace and state the etymology of.
intransitive verb.
To give or suggest the etymology of a word.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To study etymology or the history of words; search into the origin of words.
To provide or suggest etymologies for words. How perilous it is to
etymologize
at random.
To give the etymology of; trace the etymology of; provide or suggest an etymology for.
Also spelled
etymologise
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
transitive verb.
To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
to find or provide
etymology
for a word, to find
etymon
for a given word
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
verb.
construct the history of words