English Explanatory Dictionary

collectivize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collectivize.wav

Word forms

collectivize collectivizes collectivizing collectivized collectivise

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective 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 collectivize From collective + -ize.

Related words

collectivism collectivization

Derived words

noncollectivized

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