Etymology

semanticize

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Today it means: To make semantic. Full definition →

First used 1942English semantic ← French sémantique ← Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyéh₂mn̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*tsā́mə?
  5. Ancient Greekσῆμᾰ (sêmă)
  6. Ancient Greekσημαίνω (sēmaínō)
  7. Ancient Greekσημαντικός (sēmantikós)
  8. Frenchsémantique
  9. Englishsemanticsbf.?
  10. Englishsemantic
  11. English todaysemanticize

From semantic + -ize.

First known use, by meaning

  • 1942 To make semantic.

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