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étymologiser

French, verb/e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/

étymologiser is a French verb meaning “to etymologize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner l’étymologie de”.

What does étymologiser mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to etymologize

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Donner l’étymologie de. 2. S'occuper d’étymologie.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of étymologiser

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • étymologisant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • étymologisé participle past
  • étymologise first-person indicative present
  • étymologises indicative present second-person
  • étymologisons first-person indicative plural
  • étymologisez indicative plural present
  • étymologisent indicative plural present
  • étymologisais first-person imperfect indicative
  • étymologisait imperfect indicative singular
  • étymologisions first-person imperfect indicative
  • étymologisiez imperfect indicative plural
  • étymologisaient imperfect indicative plural
  • étymologisai first-person historic indicative
  • étymologisas historic indicative past
  • étymologisa historic indicative past
  • étymologisâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce étymologiser?

  • /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/
  • \e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.