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Definition of Etymologizing
1. Noun. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.
Category relationships: Diachronic Linguistics, Diachrony, Historical Linguistics
Generic synonyms: Account, Explanation
Derivative terms: Derive, Derive, Etymologize
Definition of Etymologizing
1. Verb. (present participle of etymologize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Etymologizing
1. etymologize [v] - See also: etymologize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etymologizing
Literary usage of Etymologizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1874)
"Let a man go off etymologizing among languages which he confessedly knows nothing
... The whole process is a marvel of unsound and uncritical etymologizing. ..."
2. Modern English: Its Growth and Present Use by George Philip Krapp (1909)
"The grave defect of all such etymologizing is that it takes account only of the mere
... The weakness of such etymologizing is usually to be found in the ..."
3. Colorado College Studies by Colorado College, Colorado Scientific Society (1890)
"No part of a language allows freer play to popular etymologizing than its proper
names, for no part of a language is more difficult to explain. ..."
4. Colorado College Studies: Papers Read Before the Colorado College Scientific by Colorado College Scientific Society (1890)
"No part of a language allows freer play to popular etymologizing than its proper
names, for no part of a language is more difficult to explain. ..."
5. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"He should in particular strictly refrain f*~c% merely hypothetical etymologizing.
... etymologizing, -^js still true, even if the ancient text of Luther's ..."
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