Definitions
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etymologize .
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- verb British Alternative spelling of
etymologize .
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- verb give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
- verb construct the history of words
Etymologies
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etymology + -ise
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Examples
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And with a light heart he immediately begins to etymologise with Homer, calling Lithuanian or Ecclesiastical Slavonic, or, above all, the sacred Sanskrit, to his assistance: as if Greek lessons were merely the excuse for a general introduction to the study of languages, and as if Homer were lacking in only one respect, namely, not being written in pre-Indogermanic.
On the Future of our Educational Institutions Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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