PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
The reviewed entry forms English etymologize from etymology + -ize and merely compares French étymologiser and Medieval Latin etymologisare. Comparison alone does not prove direct borrowing.
/ˌe-tə-ˈmä-lə-ˌjīz/ · verb
To discover, formulate, state, or study etymologies; an English verb formed from etymology with -ize.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Distinguishes the English formation from merely compared forms.
etymology + -ize; compare French étymologiser and Medieval Latin etymologisareSupplies the suffix ancestry without turning every comparable whole word into a donor.
Historical route of -izeThe comparanda are relatives, not parent nodes.