periodization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of categorizing something (e.g. history) into named periods.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Training in segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The operation of forming a periodic function from a non-periodic function.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period 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 periodization From period + -ization.