Etymology

randomise

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Today it means: To arrange randomly; to make random. Full definition →

English random ← Middle English randoun ← Old French randon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reyH-
  3. Proto-Germanic*rinnaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*rinnan
  5. Frankish*randij
  6. Old Frenchrandir
  7. Old Frenchrandon
  8. Middle Englishrandoun
  9. Englishrandon
  10. Englishrandom
  11. English todayrandomise

From random + -ise.

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