Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patronization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: pa-tron-iza-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Patronizing behaviour or talk.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English patronize 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 patronization From patronize + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

patronizations (plural)

Questions

What does patronization mean?: Patronizing behaviour or talk.
Where does patronization come from?: Etymology tree English patronize 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 patronization From patronize + -ation.

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