carcinization

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρκῐ́νος“crab”
2. English todaycarcinization

From Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkĭ́nos, “crab”) + English -ization (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something), coined by British zoologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile (1872–1945) in a 1916 report: see the quotation.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1916 The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.