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HISTORICAL FORMS
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CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 3
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Does etymologize begin in 1532 or the 1530s?
The reports are compatible at different precision: Merriam-Webster gives 1532 and Etymonline gives the 1530s.
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Did the transitive and intransitive senses appear together?
Not in the reviewed record. Transitive use is reported in the 1530s; Etymonline places the intransitive study-or-practice use in the 1650s.
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Did English borrow etymologize directly from French or Medieval Latin?
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.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
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The verb came before the science label.
Etymologize is reported from 1532 or the 1530s, while Etymonline dates etymology in the modern “science of linguistic analysis” sense to the 1640s.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
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