(not comparable) Of or relating to etymology. / (comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language).

based on or belonging to etymology

(uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

plural of etymology

(linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.

simple past tense and past participle of etymologize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize

present participle of etymologize

(linguistics) The process or action of etymologizing.

A word constructed as a translation of a foreign word by using the etymology of the foreign word