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Where does “bowdlerisointi” come from?

bowdlerisointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish bowdlerisoida, from English Bowdlerise, from English -ise, from Middle English -ise, from Old French -ise, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bowdlerisointi (Finnish): bowdlerisation

Definitions

  1. bowdlerisation

Ancestry of “bowdlerisointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbowdlerisoidato bowdlerise, expurgate
2EnglishBowdleriseAlternative form of bowdlerize
3English-iseAlternative form of -ize; Suffix used in...
4Middle English-iseAlternative form of -yssh
5Old French-iseused to form feminine nouns, often denoting a...
6Latin-itia-ness, -ity
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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