Meanings
nounetymologization (usually uncountable, plural etymologizations)
plural etymologizations
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesThe process or action of etymologizing.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*set-?
- Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
- Ancient Greekἔτυμος (étumos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)
- Latinetymologia
- Old Frenchethimologie
- Middle Englishethymologie
- Englishetymology
- Englishetymologize
- Englishetymologization
From etymologize + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
etymologization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologization
MLA
“etymologization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologization. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etymologization,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologization.
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