étymologiser

French

Etymology

From étymologie (“etymology”) +‎ -iser (“-ize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/

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Verb

étymologiser

1. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) to etymologize

Conjugation

Conjugation of étymologiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	étymologiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	étymologisant /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		étymologisé /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	étymologise /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologises /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologise /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologisons /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɔ̃/	étymologisez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/	étymologisent /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/
	imperfect	étymologisais /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	étymologisais /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	étymologisait /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	étymologisions /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zjɔ̃/	étymologisiez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zje/	étymologisaient /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/
	past historic2	étymologisai /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/	étymologisas /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.za/	étymologisa /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.za/	étymologisâmes /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zam/	étymologisâtes /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zat/	étymologisèrent /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɛʁ/
	future	étymologiserai /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁe/	étymologiseras /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁa/	étymologisera /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁa/	étymologiserons /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɔ̃/	étymologiserez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁe/	étymologiseront /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	étymologiserais /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	étymologiserais /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	étymologiserait /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	étymologiserions /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	étymologiseriez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zə.ʁje/	étymologiseraient /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	étymologise /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologises /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologise /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	étymologisions /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zjɔ̃/	étymologisiez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zje/	étymologisent /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/
	imperfect2	étymologisasse /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zas/	étymologisasses /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zas/	étymologisât /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.za/	étymologisassions /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.za.sjɔ̃/	étymologisassiez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.za.sje/	étymologisassent /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	étymologise /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒiz/	—	étymologisons /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.zɔ̃/	étymologisez /e.ti.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “étymologiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.