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provincialize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
provin-cial-ize
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English provincial 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 provincialize From provincial + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

provincializes (present, singular) provincializing (participle, present) provincialized (participle, past) provincialized (past)

Questions

What does provincialize mean?
To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.
Where does provincialize come from?
Etymology tree English provincial 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 provincialize From provincial + -ize.

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