Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinstitutionalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-in-sti-tu-tion-al-ize
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To institutionalize again or anew.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English institution English -al English institutional 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 institutionalize English reinstitutionalize From re- + institutionalize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

reinstitutionalizes (present, singular) reinstitutionalizing (participle, present) reinstitutionalized (participle, past) reinstitutionalized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

reinstitute reinstitution reinstitutionalization deinstitutionalize institutionalize

Questions

What does reinstitutionalize mean?: To institutionalize again or anew.
Where does reinstitutionalize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English institution English -al English institutional 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 institutionalize English reinstitutionalize From re- + institutionalize.

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