Associations to the word «Etymologize»
Wiktionary
ETYMOLOGIZE, verb. (linguistics) (ambitransitive) to find or provide etymology for a word, to find etymon for a given word
Dictionary definition
ETYMOLOGIZE, verb. 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".
ETYMOLOGIZE, verb. Construct the history of words.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.