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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · 1532–today · etymology practice verb

etymologize

discover, formulate, state, or study etymologies

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · Middle English–today · verb suffix

-ize

make, become, practice, or perform

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SOUND CHANGE

English adds productive -ize to etymology.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The noun becomes an action or practice verb.

CHRONOLOGY

Transitive use is reported from the 1530s.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Douglas Harper

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EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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