Etymologise

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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