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Etymologizing

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

v. Present participle of etymologize.

n. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

"He shares the almost immemorial use of exegetical etymologizing, which is finally canonized in the encyclopedic Etymologiae of"

etymologized etymologizes etymologizing

Words that are more generic or abstract

derive educe retrace reconstruct construct

folk-etymologize