English
aetiologize
From aetiology + -ize.
Formed from aetiology + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
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Proto-Hellenic *lógos
Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ ‘giving the cause of something’
Latin aetiologia
English aetiology
Today it means
verb To give an aetiology to, to posit a cause of.
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Etymograph / aetiologize