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etymologize
 
Verb etymologize has 2 senses
  1. etymologize, etymologise - 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"
    --1 is one way to derive, educe
    Derived forms: noun etymology1, noun etymology2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  2. etymologize, etymologise - construct the history of words
    --2 is one way to reconstruct, construct, retrace
    Derived forms: noun etymology1, noun etymology2, noun etymologizing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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