alkalinise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English alkaline

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

English alkalinise

From alkaline + -ise.

Verb

alkalinise (third-person singular simple present alkalinises, present participle alkalinising, simple past and past participle alkalinised)

1. Alternative spelling of alkalinize.