Etymology

conventionalize

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Today it means: To make something conventional. Full definition →

English conventional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French convention
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  7. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  8. Proto-Italic*komgʷəniō
  9. Latinconveniō
  10. Latinconventiōnem
  11. Middle Frenchconvention
  12. Englishconvention
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishconventional
  16. English todayconventionalize

From conventional + -ize.

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