systemize

systemize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English system
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 systemize

    From system + -ize.

    Verb

    systemize (third-person singular simple present systemizes, present participle systemizing, simple past and past participle systemized)

    1. Synonym of systematize.
    2. (psychology) To engage in a cognitive process described as the drive to analyze and construct systems.

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