Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
suffix
Alternative form of -ize used in certain words; see the usage notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).
From Middle English -ise, from Old French -ise, borrowed from Latin -itia.
