Etymology

babelization

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Today it means: The situation where a region that formerly spoke a single language comes to speak several different languages. Full definition →

English Babel ← Latin Babel ← Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel)
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The story

  1. Akkadian𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim)
  2. Biblical Hebrewבָּבֶל (bāḇel)
  3. LatinBabel
  4. EnglishBabel
  5. English todaybabelization

From Babel + -ization.

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