Etymology

socialize

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Today it means: To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latinsociāli
  11. Middle Frenchsocia
  12. Englishsocial
  13. English todaysocialize

From social + -ize.

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