Etymology

feminization

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Today it means: The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized. Full definition →

English feminize ← Latin fēmina ← Proto-Italic *fēmanā
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  4. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  5. Latinfēmina
  6. Englishfeminize
  7. English todayfeminization

From feminize + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.