passivizer

passivizer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English passive
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 passivize
English -er
English passivizer

    From passivize + -er.

    Noun

    passivizer (plural passivizers)

    1. (linguistics) A term, in some languages, that is used to convert a verb into the passive
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