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Where does “tranquilize” come from?

tranquilize (English) comes from Middle French tranquiliser.

tranquilize (English): To calm or put them to sleep using a drug; To...

Definitions

  1. To calm or put them to sleep using a drug; To...

Ancestry of “tranquilize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtranquiliser—

Words derived from “tranquilize”

  • tranquilizer
  • tranquilizing
  • tranquillize
  • tranquilizingly
Every word from Middle French tranquiliser →