etymologize

Definitions

1. 1.To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden
2. 2.To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden called?
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