Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-nal-iza-tion
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of internalizing something.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English internal 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English internalization From internal + -ization.

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Questions

What does internalization mean?
The process of internalizing something.
Where does internalization come from?
Etymology tree English internal 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English internalization From internal + -ization.

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