-ize
English
/-aɪz/
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -isen (-ize, -ise) derived from Middle French -iser (-ize) derived from Latin -izō (-ize) derived from Ancient Greek -ίζειν derived from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-idyé-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ation English
- -isation English
- -ise English
- -ism English
- -ization English
- -izer English
- cyber- English
- cyberize English
- de- English
- deendothelialized English
- detraditionalization English
- detraditionalize English
- endothelial English
- hectocotylized English
- hectocotylus English
- hyperaldosteronism English
- hypocortisolism English
- lichen English
- lichenized English
- nonlichenized English
- selector English
- selectorized English
- traditional English
- unlichenized English
- *-idiare Latin
- *-idiat Latin
- *-idiāre Latin
- *-idiāre, *-idiō Latin
- *-idiās Latin
- *-idiō Latin
- *-izāre Latin
- -izare Latin
- -izāre Latin
- -izō Latin
- -izō, -izāre Latin
- -isieren German
- -izál Hungarian
- -izzare Italian
- -isation French
- -iser French
- -oyer French
- -ίζειν Ancient Greek
- -ίζω Ancient Greek
- -ισμός Ancient Greek
- *-idyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *-atjaną Proto-Germanic
- チラリズム Japanese
- -ettan Old English
- *-ten Middle English
- -isen Middle English
- -iser Old French
- -oiier Old French
- -izirati Serbo-Croatian
- -iza Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -isasi Indonesian
- -izēt Latvian
- -izar Ido
- -iser Middle French