NODE / 0651attestedAncient Greek
-ίζειν
TRANSLITERATION -ízein
do or practice the action of the base
- DATE
- Ancient Greek
- SENSE
- verb suffix
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Hellenic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:10:-izein:attested:sense:verb-suffix
Greek verb-forming source behind Latin, French, and English -ize.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
*THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.
INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.
- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 4
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 4
- DEEPEST PATH
- 4
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Late Latin -izare adapts Greek -izein.
- MEANING
- Doing or practicing the action of a base continues as a productive verb pattern.
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Old French adapts Late Latin -izare.
- MEANING
- The verb-forming function continues.
HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English -ize follows Old French -iser and -izer.
- MEANING
- The verb-forming function continues.
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04derivational componentestablished
- SOUND
- English adds productive -ize to etymology.
- MEANING
- The noun becomes an action or practice verb.
“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE