"etymologize" meaning in English

See etymologize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: etymologizes [present, singular, third-person], etymologizing [participle, present], etymologized [participle, past], etymologized [past], etymologise [alternative]
Etymology: From etymology + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|etymology|ize}} etymology + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} etymologize (third-person singular simple present etymologizes, present participle etymologizing, simple past and past participle etymologized)
  1. (linguistics, ambitransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word. Tags: ambitransitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: etymologizable, etymologization, etymologizer, folk-etymologize, misetymologize, re-etymologize Related terms: etymology, etymon, etymologist Translations (to find or provide etymology for a word): ստուգաբանել (stugabanel) (Armenian), etimologitzar (Catalan), etymologisoida (Finnish), étymologiser (French), etymologisieren (German), etimologizzare (Italian), этимологизи́ровать (etimologizírovatʹ) (Russian), etimologizar (Spanish), etymologisera (Swedish), tarddu (Welsh), geirdarddu (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "etymologized",
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      "form": "etymologized",
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        {
          "word": "etymologizable"
        },
        {
          "word": "etymologization"
        },
        {
          "word": "etymologizer"
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        {
          "word": "folk-etymologize"
        },
        {
          "word": "misetymologize"
        },
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          "word": "re-etymologize"
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      ],
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        "To find or provide the etymology for a word."
      ],
      "id": "en-etymologize-en-verb-OSyfd81r",
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        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
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          "etymology"
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        "(linguistics, ambitransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "stugabanel",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "ստուգաբանել"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "etimologitzar"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
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          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "étymologiser"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "etymologisieren"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "etimologizzare"
        },
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          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "etimologizar"
        },
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          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "etymologisera"
        },
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          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "tarddu"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
          "word": "geirdarddu"
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      "word": "etymologizable"
    },
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      "word": "etymologization"
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      "word": "etymologizer"
    },
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      "word": "folk-etymologize"
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      "word": "misetymologize"
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      "form": "etymologized",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Linguistics"
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        "To find or provide the etymology for a word."
      ],
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          "etymology",
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        "(linguistics, ambitransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word."
      ],
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        "ambitransitive"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "stugabanel",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "ստուգաբանել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etimologitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etymologisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "étymologiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etymologisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etimologizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etimologizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "этимологизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etimologizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "etymologisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "tarddu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to find or provide etymology for a word",
      "word": "geirdarddu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etymologize"
}

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