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- Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
- Ancient Greekχᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)
- Medieval Latincharactērizō
- Englishcharacterize
- Englishcharacterization
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcharacterizational
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- English todaycharacterizationally
From characterizational + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.