etymologize
/ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒʌɪz
/(also etymologise)
verb [with object]
Give or trace the etymology of (a word).All these words are etymologized on the basis of Türkic language....
- The problem with these etymologized words is that they seem to make sense yet one is easily misled.
- The word is etymologised from an ancient Greek word meaning ‘bright stone’.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from medieval Latin etymologizare, from Latin etymologia (see etymology).
- protosolar
- protosome
- protospathar
- protospatharios
- protospatharius
- protospermatoblast
- protospore
- protostar
- protostele
- protostelic
- protostellar
- protostomatous
- protostome
- protosulfate
- protosulphate
- protosun
- protosyntactical
- protosyntactically
- protosyntax
- prototaxic
- proto-Thames
- prototheca
- prototheme
- protothere
- Prototheria