Etymology

institutionalize

Today it means: To establish as a normal practice. Full definition →

English institutional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishinstitution
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishinstitutional
  5. English todayinstitutionalize

From institutional + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.