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Where does “masculinize” come from?

masculinize (English) comes from English masculine, from French masculin, from Italian maschile, from Spanish masculino, from Spanish -ismo, from French féminisme, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

masculinize (English): To make masculine; to give typically male...

Definitions

  1. To make masculine; to give typically male...

Ancestry of “masculinize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmasculineOf or pertaining to the male gender; manly; Of or...
2Frenchmasculinmale; masculine
3Italianmaschilemasculine, male; virile, manly; men's, boys'
4Spanishmasculinomasculine, male
5Spanish-ismo-ism
6Frenchféminismefeminism
7French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
8Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
9Latin-ismus-ism
10Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
11Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
12Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “masculinize”

  • masculinization
  • remasculinization
  • demasculinization
  • remasculinize
  • demasculinize
  • undermasculinization
  • masculinizable
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