Re-etymologize
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Re-etymologize is a verb meaning (linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
Meaning
(linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
Word Forms
- re-etymologizes
- re-etymologizing
- re-etymologized
- reetymologize
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reanalyze, relexicalize, retransitivize, relexify, remorphize, remythologize.
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