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Etymologise

verb
1.
Give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word).  Synonym: etymologize.  "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
2.
Construct the history of words.  Synonym: etymologize.






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"Etymologise" Quotes from Famous Books



... because a (real) born /S/udra is not qualified (for the sa/m/varga-vidya). If it be asked how the grief (su/k/) which had arisen in Janasruti's mind can be referred to by means of the word /S/udra, we reply: On account of the rushing on (adrava/n/a) of the grief. For we may etymologise the word /S/udra by dividing it into its parts, either as 'he rushed into grief (/S/u/k/am abhidudrava) or as 'grief rushed on him,' or as 'he in his grief rushed to Raikva;' while on the other hand ...
— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 • George Thibaut



Words linked to "Etymologise" :   linguistics, derive, etymologize, educe, retrace, construct, reconstruct



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