Wiktionary
etymologise
vb. (standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling etymologize English)
WordNet
etymologise
v. give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing" [syn: etymologize]
construct the history of words [syn: etymologize]
Usage examples of "etymologise".
Cylart from Carnarvon was due to the etymologising fancy of some English-speaking Welshman who interpreted the name as Killhart, so that the simpler legend would be only a folk-etymology.