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探溯语源,指示语源

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymologize \Et`y*mol"o*gize\ (-j[imac]z), v. t. [Cf. F.
   ['e]tymologiser.]
   To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive,
   as a word. --Camden

Etymologize \Et`y*mol"o*gize\, v. t.
   To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from
   their simple roots.

         How perilous it is to etymologize at random. --Trench.

资料来源 : WordNet®

etymologize
     v 1: 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" [syn: {etymologise}]
     2: construct the history of words [syn: {etymologise}]