Etymology

periodization

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Today it means: The process of categorizing something (e.g. history) into named periods. Full definition →

English period ← Middle English periode ← Middle French periode
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sodós?
  5. Proto-Hellenic*hodós
  6. Ancient Greekὁδός (hodós)
  7. Ancient Greekπερῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)
  8. Medieval Latinperiodus
  9. Middle Frenchperiode
  10. Middle Englishperiode
  11. Englishperiod
  12. English todayperiodization

From period + -ization.

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