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Where does “familiarise” come from?

Familiarise comes from English familiar plus the suffix -ize, from Latin -aris and -alis, from Ancient Greek -ία and -ίζειν, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.

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Ancestry of “familiarise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iseAlternative form of -ize; Suffix used in...
2Middle English-iseAlternative form of -yssh
3Old French-iseused to form feminine nouns, often denoting a...
4Latin-itia-ness, -ity
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “familiarise”

  • defamiliarise
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