etymologize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) etymologise

Etymology

From etymology +‎ -ize.

Verb

etymologize (third-person singular simple present etymologizes, present participle etymologizing, simple past and past participle etymologized)

1. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.

Derived terms

• etymologizable
• etymologization
• etymologizer
• folk-etymologize
• misetymologize
• re-etymologize

 

Related terms

• etymology
• etymon
• etymologist

Translations

to find or provide etymology for a word

• Armenian: ստուգաբանել (hy) (stugabanel)
• Catalan: etimologitzar
• Finnish: etymologisoida
• French: étymologiser (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: etymologisieren
• Italian: etimologizzare
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: этимологизи́ровать (ru) (etimologizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: etimologizar (es)
• Swedish: etymologisera
• Welsh: tarddu (cy), geirdarddu