Etymology

realise

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Today it means: Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize. Full definition →

French réaliser ← Middle French réaliser
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The story

  1. Middle French · derived fromréaliser“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”
  2. French · derived fromréaliser
  3. English todayrealise

From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.

Words from the same roots

Frenchréaliser all →

Middle Frenchréaliser all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.