Etymology

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Today it means: To state in items, or by particulars Full definition →

English item ← Middle English item ← Latin item
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  1. Latinitem
  2. Middle Englishitem
  3. Englishitem
  4. English todayitemize

From item + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.