feudalize

English

Alternative forms

• feudalise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English feudal

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 feudalize

From feudal + -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːdəlaɪz/

Verb

feudalize (third-person singular simple present feudalizes, present participle feudalizing, simple past and past participle feudalized)

1. To make something feudal.

Derived terms

• unfeudalize

Translations

make something feudal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封建化 (fēngjiànhuà)

• Finnish: feodalisoida
• Greek: φεουδοποιώ (el) (feoudopoió)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: feodalisera