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Where does “customize” come from?

Customize derives from English custom, which comes from Middle English custume, Anglo-Norman custume, Old French coustume, Ancient Greek -ίζειν, and Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, originally meaning to make habitual.

customize (English): To build or alter according to personal...

Definitions

  1. To build or alter according to personal...

Ancestry of “customize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcustomFrequent repetition of the same behavior; way of...
2Middle Englishcustume—
3Anglo-Normancustumecustom; tradition
4Latincōnsuētūdō—
5Latincōnsuēscō—
6Latinsuēscō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-dʰh₁-sk-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “customize”

  • customizable
  • customizability
  • customizer
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