English Explanatory Dictionary

re-etymologize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.

Word forms

re-etymologize re-etymologizes re-etymologizing re-etymologized reetymologize

Etymology

Back-formation from re-etymologization; re- + etymologize.

Related words

re-etymologization
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