v. Obs. rare. [ad. Gr. ἐτυμολογ-έειν, f. ἐτυμολόγ-ος etymologer, f. ἔτυμον ETYMON + -λογος one who discourses.]
trans. a. To give an etymological signification to. b. To trace the etymology of; to derive.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 50. Which word [Musicke] … hath been etymologed for the signification of the studies of humanitie and chiefly of poetry.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., VII. ii. (1632), 198. Whose originall Name … some will have Etymologed from Saxum a Stone.
