Etymology

nationalize

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Today it means: To make into, or to become, a nation. Full definition →

French nationaliser
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromnationaliser
  2. English todaynationalize

From French nationaliser. By surface analysis, national + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.