etymologizing

📖 中文释义

  1. v. 探溯语源, 指示语源( etymologize的现在分词 )

🧩 词形变化

原形 etymologize
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
  2. v give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
  3. v construct the history of words