academicize

academicize

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Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)
Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)
Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
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Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der.
Medieval Latin acadēmicusder.
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Latin acadēmicusbor.
French académiqueder.
English academic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English academicize

    From academic + -ize.

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    academicize (third-person singular simple present academicizes, present participle academicizing, simple past and past participle academicized)

    1. (transitive) To make academic; to turn or absorb into a formal academic subject. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]

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    1. ^ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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