re-etymologize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from re-etymologization; re- + etymologize.
Verb[edit]
re-etymologize (third-person singular simple present re-etymologizes, present participle re-etymologizing, simple past and past participle re-etymologized)
- (linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.