10 letters · 28 points in Scrabble
verb make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
originEtymology tree English lexical 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 lexicalize From lexical + -ize.
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