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      etymologize
      verb
      construct the history of words
      give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)
      Roots
      etymonetymo- · Greek · true, literal senselogoslog- · Greek · word, accountizein-ize · Greek · to make, to do
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      The word etymologize breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: etymo, from Greek etymon (“true, literal sense”); log, from Greek logos (“word, account”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make, to do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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