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).
- misdeeming
- misdeliver
- misdelivered
- misdelivery
- misdemeanant
- misdemeaning
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanour
- misderive
- misdescribe
- misdescriber
- misdescription
- misdescriptive
- misdevelopment
- misdiagnose
- misdiagnosis
- misdial
- misdiet
- misdirect
- misdirectedness
- misdirection
- misdistribute
- misdistribution
- misdivide
- misdivided