 etymologise |
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| 1. | [ verb ] (linguistics) construct the history of words | |
| Synonyms: | etymologize | |
| Related terms: | reconstruct linguistics deriving | |
| 2. | [ verb ] give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | |
| Synonyms: | etymologize | |
| Examples: | "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly" "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing" |
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| Related terms: | derive etymology | |
| Similar spelling: |
etymologize etymologist etymology etymological etymologizing ethnologist ethnologic ethnological ethnology |
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