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† eˈtymologe, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. Gr. ἐτυµολογ-έειν, f. ἐτυµολόγ-ος etymologer, f. ἔτυµον etymon + -λογος one who discourses.]
trans. a. To give an etymological signification to. b. To trace the etymology of; to derive.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 50 Which word [Musicke]..hath been etymologed for the signification of the studies of humanitie and chiefly of poetry. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. ii. (1632) 198 Whose originall Name..some will have Etymologed from Saxum a Stone. |