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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word);
- Example: "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"
- Example: "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
[syn: etymologize, etymologise]

2. construct the history of words;
[syn: etymologize, etymologise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

etymologise
    v 1: 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" [syn: etymologize, etymologise]
    2: construct the history of words [syn: etymologize,
       etymologise]