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legitimatize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
le-git-i-ma-tize
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make legitimate.

Transitive verb

verb

To legalize.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English legitimate 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 legitimatize From legitimate + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

legitimatizes (present, singular) legitimatizing (participle, present) legitimatized (participle, past) legitimatized (past)

Derived Forms

delegitimatize

Synonyms

legalize legalise decriminalize decriminalise legitimize legitimise legitimate legitimatise

Questions

What does legitimatize mean?
To make legitimate.
Where does legitimatize come from?
Etymology tree English legitimate 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 legitimatize From legitimate + -ize.

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