re-etymologize
Appearance
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from re-etymologization; re- + etymologize.
Verb
[edit]re-etymologize (third-person singular simple present re-etymologizes, present participle re-etymologizing, simple past and past participle re-etymologized)
- (linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.