Etymology

randomizer

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Today it means: One who, or that which, randomizes (often practically extended to pseudorandomization as well). Full definition →

English randomize ← 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. Englishrandomize
  12. English todayrandomizer

From randomize + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.