Etymology

stigmatization

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Today it means: The process or act of stigmatizing. Full definition →

English stigmatize ← Medieval Latin stigmatizō ← Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*stíd͏̌d͏̌ō
  3. Ancient Greekστῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō)
  4. Ancient Greekστίγμα (stígma)
  5. Ancient Greekστιγματίζω (stigmatízō)
  6. Medieval Latinstigmatizō
  7. Englishstigmatize
  8. English todaystigmatization

From stigmatize + -ation.

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