Etymology of the English word generalize
the English word
generalizederived from the English word
generalderived from the Latin word
generalis (general; general, generic; shared by)
derived from the Latin word
genus (birth, descent, origin; noble birth; kind, sort)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Derivations in English
generalization,
overgeneralize,
generalized,
generalizingUsage
Word found in Modern English
