WITNESS / 150
ALL WITNESSES ↗PERMANENT ATTESTATION RECORDWITNESS / 150
OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.
THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.
Source-reported earliest written record for the transitive sense; no underlying 1532 object was directly inspected.
Present-Day English1532established
etymologize
Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for transitive etymologize
- WITNESS TYPE
- Lexicographic first-use report
- YEAR
- 1532
- LOCATOR
- First Known Use of transitive etymologize
- REPOSITORY
- Merriam-Webster
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Not recorded
- FACSIMILE
- Not linked
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- No
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERetymologize ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 637 ↗
01
BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Etymologize — Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
- AUTHOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- CITATION KEY
- mw-etymologize