Meaning

verb give a masculine appearance or character to

verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

originEtymology tree English masculine 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 masculinize From masculine + -ize.

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