Where does “racialization” come from?
Racialization comes from English racial combined with the Old French suffix -ation, derived from Latin -atio and -tio, ultimately from Ancient Greek -ίζειν meaning to make or do.
racialization (English): The act or process of racializing, that is, of...
Definitions
- The act or process of racializing, that is, of...
Ancestry of “racialization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 3 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 4 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |