Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traumatization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
trauma-ti-za-tion
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The infliction of trauma; the act or process of traumatizing.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree French traumat(isme) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French traumatiserbor. English traumatize 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 traumatization From traumatize + -ation.

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Questions

What does traumatization mean?
The infliction of trauma; the act or process of traumatizing.
Where does traumatization come from?
Etymology tree French traumat(isme) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French traumatiserbor. English traumatize 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 traumatization From traumatize + -ation.

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