- deriving, derivation, etymologizing - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
--1 is a kind of explanation, account
Derived form: verb etymologize2
- etymologize, etymologise - 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"
--1 is one way to derive, educe
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun etymology1, noun etymology2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- etymologize, etymologise - construct the history of words
--2 is one way to reconstruct, construct, retrace
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun etymology1, noun etymology2, noun etymologizing1
Somebody ----s