English

etymologizer

Etymologizer comes from English etymologize.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

A compound of etymologize + -er

Ancient Greek ἔτυμος ‘true, real, sure’

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Latin etymologia

Old French ethimologie ‘etymology’

Middle English ethymologie ‘the purported true, primordial and innate…’

English etymology

Every English word from English etymologize

noun One who etymologizes.

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