Etymology

iotize

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Today it means: To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute". Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἰωτίζω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἰωτίζω“I write with an iota”
  2. English todayiotize

1854 pre-iotized, 1874 iotization, iotized, 1890 iotised, 1906 iotise. Adapted from Ancient Greek ἰωτίζω (iōtízō, “I write with an iota”). Compare iota.

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