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etymologizable

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et⋅y⋅mol⋅o⋅gize

  [et-uh-mol-uh-jahyz] verb, -gized, -giz⋅ing.
Use etymologizable in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to trace the history of (a word).
–verb (used without object)
2. to study etymology.
3. to give or suggest the etymology of words.
Also, especially British, et⋅y⋅mol⋅o⋅gise.

Origin:
1520–30; < LL etymologizāre. See etymology, -ize

Related forms:
et⋅y⋅mol⋅o⋅giz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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