Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “immaterialize” come from?

immaterialize (English) comes from English immaterial, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

immaterialize (English): To render immaterial or incorporeal

Definitions

  1. To render immaterial or incorporeal

Ancestry of “immaterialize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimmaterialHaving no matter or substance; So insubstantial...
2Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
3Middle Englishin-—
4Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in—
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →