Etymologize — synonyms, definition

1. etymologize (Verb)

1 synonym
etymologise
2 definitions

etymologize (Verb) — Give the etymology, derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word). ex. "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly" ex. "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"

etymologize (Verb) — (linguistics) construct the history of words.

5 types of
construct derive educe reconstruct retrace