Etymology

harmonization

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Today it means: An act of harmonizing. Full definition →

English harmonize ← French harmoniser ← Latin harmonia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂r̥-mo-n
  3. Ancient Greek*ἁρμων (*harmōn)
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̔ρμονῐ́ᾱ (hărmonĭ́ā)
  5. Latinharmonia
  6. Frenchharmonie
  7. Frenchharmoniser
  8. Englishharmonize
  9. English todayharmonization

From harmonize + -ation.

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