etymologize

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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.

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