Etymology

self-realization

Today it means: The fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization. Full definition →

English realization ← French réalisation ← Old French reel
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinreālis
  15. Old Frenchreel
  16. Frenchreal
  17. Frenchréaliser
  18. Frenchréalisation
  19. Englishrealization
  20. English todayself-realization

From self- + realization.

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