Am I using this word correctly? Thanks speculation I made speculations about this word's origin. I made guesses about this word's origin. Which one sounds better? Thanks

Lily L

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Neither of them sound natural to my ear. If you insisted on using those words, I would suggest saying, "I speculated about the origin of this word," and "I made/took/had a guess about the origin of this word."

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