standardize
/ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *standaną Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard 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 standardize From standard + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/
- British English: /ˈstæn.də.daɪz/