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Definition of Etymologize

Etymologize
Etymologize Et`y*mol"o*gize, v. t. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. How perilous it is to etymologize at random. --Trench.

Meaning of Etymologize from wikipedia

- word in a manner appropriate to that perceived origin. This po****r etymologizing has had a powerful influence on the forms which words take. Examples...
- Palestinian territory occupied by Israel. The name "Jerusalem" is variously etymologized to mean "foundation (Semitic yry' 'to found, to lay a cornerstone') of...
- to the Arabic definite article al- (ال), the word is frequently folk etymologized to derive from various longer Arabic phrases, particularly ʾamīr al-baḥr...
- Gr****), both probably the ancient Sohar. The city or region is typically etymologized in Arabic from ʿāmin or ʿamūn ('settled' people, as opposed to the Bedouin)...
- bacteria. The name is etymologized as Mingrelian: სელეგინ (selegin). There is a version, that the word sulguni is etymologized as Ossetic (Digor dialect)...
- specifically from the word ádrār "mountain". Traditionally historical linguists etymologize the Ancient Gr**** word Ἄτλας (genitive: Ἄτλαντος) as comprised from co****tive...
- etym- true Gr**** ἔτυμος (étumos) etymologic, etymologicon, etymologist, etymologize, etymology, etymon eu- well, good Gr**** εὖ (eû) aneuploidy, eudaemon...
- Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.; etymologizing "balk cross" in "Dictionary of Vexillology: B (Backing - Banner of Victory)"...
- source. Among the ancient Gr****s, the term Amazon was po****rly folk etymologized as originating from the Gr**** ἀμαζός, amazos ('breastless'), from -a...
- were ****ociated with the colors red, white, and gold. Michael Janda etymologizes Aphrodite's name as an epithet of Eos meaning "she who rises from the...