Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fanaticize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fa-nati-cize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make into a fanatic.

Transitive verb

verb

To become fanatical.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic 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 fanaticize From fanatic + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fanaticizes (present, singular) fanaticizing (participle, present) fanaticized (participle, past) fanaticized (past) fanaticise (alternative)

Questions

What does fanaticize mean?: To make into a fanatic.
Where does fanaticize come from?: Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic 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 fanaticize From fanatic + -ize.

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