hermitize

hermitize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English hermit
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 hermitize

    From hermit + -ize.

    Verb

    hermitize (third-person singular simple present hermitizes, present participle hermitizing, simple past and past participle hermitized)

    1. to isolate oneself; to become a hermit
    2. (mathematics) to cause to become Hermitian

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