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ALL SOURCES ↗BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYetymonline-suffix-ize
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historical dictionaryetymonline-suffix-ize
-ize — Online Etymology Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Etymonline
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Did English borrow etymologize directly from French or Medieval Latin?
The reviewed entry forms English etymologize from etymology + -ize and merely compares French étymologiser and Medieval Latin etymologisare. Comparison alone does not prove direct borrowing.
Historical route of -izeSupplies the suffix ancestry without turning every comparable whole word into a donor.
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EDGE 620supportsestablished
-ize → -iser / -izer
Present-Day English → Old French · borrowing
- SOUND
- Middle English -ize follows Old French -iser and -izer.
- MEANING
- The verb-forming function continues.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
Middle English -isen from Old French -iser and -izerSupplies the French route.
EDGE 621supportsestablished
-iser / -izer → -izāre
Old French → Medieval Latin · borrowing
- SOUND
- Old French adapts Late Latin -izare.
- MEANING
- The verb-forming function continues.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
Old French suffix from Late Latin -izareSupplies the French-to-Latin route.
EDGE 622supportsestablished
-izāre → -ίζειν
Medieval Latin → Ancient Greek · borrowing
- SOUND
- Late Latin -izare adapts Greek -izein.
- MEANING
- Doing or practicing the action of a base continues as a productive verb pattern.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
Late Latin -izare from Greek -izeinSupplies the Latin-to-Greek route.
EDGE 623supportsboundary
-ίζειν → UNKNOWN
Ancient Greek → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary
- SOUND
- No deeper unique source is promoted from the reviewed suffix entry.
- MEANING
- The branch stops before unsupported segmentation.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- SET-U editorial boundary
Entry endpoint at Greek -izeinDefines the reviewed horizon.
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