Words ending in -ize

All these words, along with their dates of first citation, were collected by students in the Monday recitation section. of Linguistics 001, Fall 1997.

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
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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