Etymology

characterise

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English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  2. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  3. Latincharactēr
  4. Old Frenchcaractere
  5. Middle Englishcaracter
  6. Englishcharacter
  7. English todaycharacterise

From character + -ise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.