Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

productivize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-duc-tivize
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render productive.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Via campaigns to militarize, aestheticize, and productivize everyday life, the minds and bodies of Chinese citizens would become accustomed to the temporal rhythms of mechanized factory and agricultural work, and ever prepared to mobilize against domestic and foreign enemies."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English productivize From productive + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

productivizes (present, singular) productivizing (participle, present) productivized (participle, past) productivized (past) productivise (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does productivize mean?: To render productive.
Where does productivize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English productivize From productive + -ize.

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