etymologise

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etymologise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  etymologise
      v 1: 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" [syn: etymologize, etymologise]
      2: construct the history of words [syn: etymologize,
         etymologise]