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Where does “immortalize” come from?

Immortalize comes from English immortal, from Latin immortalis meaning "not subject to death," formed from Latin in- "not" and mortalis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne "not" and h₁én "to be."

immortalize (English): Alternative spelling of immortalise; To remove...

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of immortalise; To remove...

Ancestry of “immortalize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-izeUsed to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
2Middle English-isen-ise, -ize
3Middle French-iser-ize
4Latin-izō—
5Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
7Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “immortalize”

  • immortalization
  • immortalizer
  • deimmortalize
  • immortalizeth
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