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.

Related terms

• re-etymologization