ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Etymologize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Etymologize is a verb meaning (linguistics, ambitransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include etymologise, folk-etymologize, derive, re-etymologize, etiologize, aetiologize.

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