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Etymologize

verb
1.
Give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word).  Synonym: etymologise.  "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
2.
Construct the history of words.  Synonym: etymologise.





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"Etymologize" Quotes from Famous Books



... phraseology; vocabulary. Associated Words: glossary, glossarist, glossography, glossology, glossologist, lexicology, lexicologist, etymology, etymologist, etymologize, neology, lexicography, terminology, paronomasia, pun, punning, onomatopoeoea, syncope, syncopation, literal, literally, literalism, transliteration, verbal, verbalist, verbalism, battology, logomachy, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming


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