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Where does “fictionalize” come from?

fictionalize (English) comes from English fictional, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

fictionalize (English): To retell something real as if it were fiction,...

Definitions

  1. To retell something real as if it were fiction,...

Ancestry of “fictionalize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfictionalInvented, as opposed to real; Containing invented...
2EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
3Middle Englishficcioun—
4Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
5Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “fictionalize”

  • fictionalization
  • fictionalizer
  • defictionalization
  • fictionaliser
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