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etymologize

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ETYMOLOGIZE

v.i.To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ETYMOLOGIZE

Et `y *mol "o *gize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. étymologiser.]

Defn: To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden

ETYMOLOGIZE

ETYMOLOGIZE Et `y *mol "o *gize, v. t.

Defn: To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.

New American Oxford Dictionary

etymologize

et y mol o gize |ˌetəˈmäləˌjīz ˌɛdəˈmɑləʤaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be etymologized ) give or trace the etymology of (a word ). ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin etymologizare, from Latin etymologia (see etymology ).

Oxford Dictionary

etymologize

etymologize |ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒʌɪz |(also etymologise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] give or trace the etymology of (a word ). ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin etymologizare, from Latin etymologia (see etymology ).