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Where does “mobilize” come from?

Mobilize comes from French mobiliser, meaning to assemble or put into motion for a military campaign.

mobilize (English): To make something mobile; To assemble troops and...

Definitions

  1. To make something mobile; To assemble troops and...

Ancestry of “mobilize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmobiliserto mobilize
2French-iser-ise/-ize
3Old French-iser-ize
4Latin-izoUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
5Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
6Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
7Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
8Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “mobilize”

  • mobilization
  • immobilization
  • demobilization
  • demobilize
  • remobilization
  • mobilizational
  • mobilizer
  • mobilizable
  • countermobilization
  • remobilize
  • premobilization
  • countermobilize
  • mobilizability
  • comobilization
  • demobilizer
  • cryoimmobilization
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