tenderise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English tender

English tender

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 tenderise

From tender + -ise.

Verb

tenderise (third-person singular simple present tenderises, present participle tenderising, simple past and past participle tenderised)

1. Alternative spelling of tenderize.

Anagrams

• eternised, teredines