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etymologizes

etymologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of etymologize.

Meaning of etymologize

Verb

etymologize (third-person singular simple present etymologizes, present participle etymologizing, simple past and past participle etymologized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.
    • It has long been noted that the Sardinian toponymy and lexicon contain numerous elements that cannot satisfactorily be etymologized within Latin.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 7

Phrases with etymologizes

Questions about etymologizes

What is etymologizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Etymologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of etymologize.

Words near etymologizes in the dictionary

  1. etymologizations
  2. etymologize
  3. etymologized
  4. etymologizer
  5. etymologizers
  6. etymologizes
  7. etymologizing
  8. etymology
  9. etymologyless
  10. etymon
  11. etymonic

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