etymologize

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verb

1. give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
- The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly
- Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing
• Syn:
etymologise
• Derivationally related forms:
etymology
• Hypernyms:
derive, educe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. construct the history of words
• Syn:
etymologise
• Derivationally related forms:
etymology, etymologizing
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
reconstruct, construct, retrace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s