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From dentilabial + -ize.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc). Full definition →
From dentilabial + -ize.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.