Etymology

depersonalize

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Today it means: To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize. Full definition →

English personalize ← Middle English personal ← Latin dē-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Middle Englishpersonal
  8. Englishpersonal
  9. Englishpersonalize
  10. English todaydepersonalize

From de- + personalize.

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