The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromsyllabizō
- English todaysyllabize
From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.