Etymology

globalization

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Today it means: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of globalisation. Full definition →

English globalize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Englishglobe
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishglobal
  5. Englishglobalize
  6. English todayglobalization

From globalize + -ation.

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