Etymology

-ize

Today it means: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective Full definition →

Middle English -isen ← Middle French -iser ← Late Latin -izāre
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-ize · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-idyé-
  2. Ancient Greek · derived from-ίζω
  3. Late Latin · derived from-izāre
  4. Middle French · derived from-iser
  5. Middle English · inherited from-isen
  6. English today-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).

-ize · suffix2

See -ise (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.