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-ize

suffix
/-ɑjz//-aɪz/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).

  1. derived from *-idyé-✻
  2. derived from -ίζω
  3. derived from -izō
  4. derived from -iser
  5. inherited from -isen

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs

    • pixel + -ize → pixelize

  2. Alternative form of -ise (suffix used to form nouns).

    • palliard + -ize → palliardize

The neighborhood

Derived

-izer, -ization

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA