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)
- (linguistics) To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
Related terms
- re-etymologization