Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substantivize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-stan-tivize
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.

Etymology

Etymology tree English substantive 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 substantivize From substantive + -ize.

Inflected Forms

substantivizes (present, singular) substantivizing (participle, present) substantivized (participle, past) substantivized (past)

Derived Forms

substantivizer

Questions

What does substantivize mean?: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.
Where does substantivize come from?: Etymology tree English substantive 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 substantivize From substantive + -ize.

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