etymologise
— Verb
– English
~ construct the history of words
etymologise
— Verb
– English
~ give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
etymologist
— Noun
– English
~ a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
etymologize
— Verb
– English
~ give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
etymologize
— Verb
– English
~ construct the history of words
etymologizing
— Noun
– English
~ (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
etymology
— Noun
– English
~ the study of the sources and development of words
etymon
— Noun
– English
~ a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes