All these words, along with their dates of first citation, were collected by students in the Monday recitation section.
Of all the words students located that had been formed between the 12th and the 20th century, only three had roots from Germanic sources. All the others were words from Romance language sources (French and Latin), the source of the original -ize words in English. These three words are: womanize; weatherize; winterize.
Year
of first
|
Words
ending in -ize
|
__citation__
|
(Alphabetical
list)___
|
13th
century;1297
|
baptize
|
1401
|
authoritize
|
14th
century
|
canonize
|
14th
century
|
cauterize
|
14th
century;14th
|
authorize
|
1532;
1532
|
recognize
|
1583
|
agonize
|
1585
|
characterize
|
1585
|
stigmatize
|
1589
|
methodize
|
1589;1589;
1589
|
patronize
|
1593
|
womanize
|
1593;1593;
1593
|
popularize
|
1594;1954
|
philosophize
|
1595;
1600
|
civilize
|
1597;1597;1957;1597
|
apologize
|
1598
|
crystalize
|
15th
century
|
harmonize
|
15th
century
|
moralize
|
15th
century
|
pulverize
|
15th
century
|
tyrannize
|
15th
century;15th
|
organize
|
1601;1601
|
satirize
|
1603;1603;1603
|
symbolize
|
1605;1613;
1605
|
specialize
|
1611
|
dogmatize
|
1611
|
fraternize
|
1611;1611;1611;
1611
|
realize
|
1613
|
hellenize
|
1615
|
paganize
|
1622;1622
|
colonize
|
1623
|
tranquilize
|
1624;1624
|
synchronize
|
1634
|
aggrandize
|
1636
|
formalize
|
1637
|
individualize
|
1638;1638;1638
|
theorize
|
1642
|
universalize
|
1644
|
extemporize
|
1645
|
hebraize
|
1648
|
barbarize
|
1648
|
fertilize
|
1648
|
humanize
|
1649
|
criticize
|
1649
|
ostracize
|
1669
|
aphorize
|
1669
|
vocalize
|
1679
|
proselytize
|
1687
|
sensualize
|
1695
|
sterilize
|
1701;1810
|
actualize
|
1704
|
brutalize
|
1705
|
categorize
|
1710;1710;1710;1710
|
materialize
|
1716;
1716
|
plagiarize
|
1716;1716;1716
|
legalize
|
1720;1747
|
personalize
|
1738
|
hypothesize
|
1742;1792;
1792
|
antagonize
|
1744
|
factualize
|
1751
|
generalize
|
1752
|
energize
|
1755;1764;1764
|
capitalize
|
1759
|
neutralize
|
1760
|
naturalize
|
1783
|
dramatize
|
1786
|
idealize
|
1795
|
subsidize
|
1796;1796;?
|
alphabetize
|
1800
|
nationalize
|
1800
|
utilize
|
1802
|
galvanize
|
1803
|
rationalize
|
1803
|
vaporize
|
1806;1806
|
emphasize
|
1809
|
lionize
|
1810
|
eulogize
|
1810;1863;1863
|
visualize
|
1811
|
polarize
|
1815;
1815
|
terrorize
|
1818
|
totalize
|
1820
|
economize
|
1828
|
socialize
|
1829;1829
|
mesmerize
|
1830
|
synthesize
|
1838;
1838
|
memorize
|
1840
|
trivialize
|
1845
|
anthropomorphize
|
1845
|
vandalize
|
1847
|
arborize
|
1848
|
legitimize
|
1850
|
demonetize
|
1852
|
externalize
|
1860
|
stabilize
|
1865;
1870
|
normalize
|
1865;1865;
1865
|
institutionalize
|
1868
|
penalize
|
1871
|
immobilize
|
1871
|
summarize
|
1873
|
euthanize
|
1873;
1870
|
standardize
|
1878
|
conceptualize
|
1881;1881
|
pasteurize
|
1884
|
concretize
|
1884
|
urbanize
|
1884;1884;1884
|
internalize
|
1886
|
homogenize
|
1890;1857
|
serialize
|
1895
|
departmentalize
|
1898
|
ionize
|
1900
|
desensitize
|
1900
|
vasectomize
|
1901
|
hospitalize
|
1901;1901;1922;1901
|
finalize
|
1913;1913
|
motorize
|
1921
|
regionalize
|
1922
|
quantize
|
1925
|
compartmentalize
|
1925
|
digitalize
|
1925
|
fibernize
|
1925;1925
|
publicize
|
1925;1926;1926
|
fantasize
|
1926
|
notarize
|
1926
|
randomize
|
1930
|
destabilize
|
1938
|
pressurize
|
1940
|
weatherize
|
1944
|
globalize
|
1948
|
privatize
|
1952
|
automize
|
1955
;1956
|
criminalize
|
1957;1957;1957
|
computerize
|
1970;1973
|
prioritize
|
1979
|
colorize
|
Not found in dictionary!
demonize
demoralize
destructuralize
fatalize
immunize
imperialize
localize
marginalize