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Where does “immobilization” come from?

Immobilization derives from English mobilize, Latin in- (not), Latin in, Proto-Indo-European ne (not), and Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom and -tis, ultimately meaning the process of rendering something unable to move.

immobilization (English): The act or process of preventing a thing from...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of preventing a thing from...

Ancestry of “immobilization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimmobilisationimmobilization; Capital investments
2French-ation-ation
3Middle French-ation-ation
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
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 “immobilization”

  • cryoimmobilization
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