nativization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The nativisation of English in India has resulted in the creation of many new coinages or neologisms."
- "The independent addition of final vowels to resolve final consonants, as a nativization strategy."
Etymology
Etymology tree English native 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 nativization From native + -ization.