re-etymologize

English

Alternative forms

  • reetymologize

Etymology

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

Verb

re-etymologize (third-person singular simple present re-etymologizes, present participle re-etymologizing, simple past and past participle re-etymologized)

  1. (linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
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