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Where does “mobilization” come from?

Mobilization comes from English mobilize, from Latin mobilis meaning movable, with the noun suffix -atio combining Latin -bilis and -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots -dʰlom and -tis.

mobilization (English): The act of mobilizing; The marshalling of troops...

Definitions

  1. The act of mobilizing; The marshalling of troops...

Ancestry of “mobilization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmobilisationmilitarisation, mobilisation
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 “mobilization”

  • immobilization
  • demobilization
  • remobilization
  • mobilizational
  • countermobilization
  • premobilization
  • comobilization
  • cryoimmobilization
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