Where does “standardize” come from?
Standardize derives from English standard combined with English -ize, tracing back through Frankish standhard and Latin -ia to Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand.
standardize (English): Alternative spelling of standardise
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of standardise
Ancestry of “standardize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ize | Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives |
| 2 | Middle English | -isen | -ise, -ize |
| 3 | Middle French | -iser | -ize |
| 4 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “standardize”
- standardization
- standardizable
- destandardization
- destandardize
- standardizability
- estandardizar
- prestandardize
- restandardize
- standardizer
- estandardización
- estandardização
- nonstandardization
- prestandardization
- restandardization
- standaryzacja
- ultrastandardization
- estandardisasyon
- standaryzować
- ustandaryzować
- zestandaryzować