etymologize

 [et-uh-mol-uh-jahyz]  

et·y·mol·o·gize

   [et-uh-mol-uh-jahyz] verb, et·y·mol·o·gized, et·y·mol·o·giz·ing.
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.

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Etymologize has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
given to using long words.
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Also, especially British, et·y·mol·o·gise.

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

Related forms
et·y·mol·o·giz·a·ble, adjective
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etymologize or etymologise (ˌɛtɪˈmɒləˌdʒaɪz)
 
—vb
to trace, state, or suggest the etymology of (a word)
 
etymologise or etymologise
 
—vb

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