Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

europeanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eu-ro-peanize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something, or someone, more European.

verb

Alternative letter-case form of Europeanize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European 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 Europeanize From European + -ize.

Inflected Forms

Europeanizes (present, singular) Europeanizing (participle, present) Europeanized (participle, past) Europeanized (past) Europeanise (alternative)

Synonyms

europeanise

Questions

What does europeanize mean?: To make something, or someone, more European.
Where does europeanize come from?: Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European 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 Europeanize From European + -ize.

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