Etymology

standardize

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Today it means: American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise. Full definition →

English standard ← Middle English standard ← Old French estandart
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*standaną
  3. Frankish*standan
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  5. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  6. Frankish*hard(ī)
  7. Frankish*standahardbor.?
  8. Old Frenchestendre?
  9. Old Frenchestandart
  10. Middle Englishstandard
  11. Englishstandard
  12. English todaystandardize

From standard + -ize.

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