myEtymology.com: English etymology of metathesize

Etymology of the English word metathesize

the English word metathesize

derived from the English word metathesis

derived from the Late Latin word metathesis

derived from the Greek word metathesis, μετάθεσις (transposition; transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law))

derived from the Greek word metatithenai

derived from the Greek word tithenai

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-

using the Greek prefix meta-, μετα-

derived from the Greek word meta, μετὰ, μετά (after)

derived from the Greek word tithemi, τίϑημι

using the English suffix -ize

derived from the Old French suffix -iser

derived from the Latin suffix -izare

derived from the Greek suffix -izein, -ίζειν

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