popularisation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin populus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin populārislbor.

Old French populairebor.

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Latin populārisbor.

Middle English populer

English popular

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -isation

English popularisation

From popular + -isation.

Noun

popularisation (plural popularisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularization
   • 1957 July, Charles E. Lee, “The Changing Face of Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 451:

     One feature may be mentioned, however, as having contributed to a change in the face of transport, and that is the popularisation of the escalator.

French

Etymology

From populariser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.py.la.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

popularisation f (plural popularisations)

1. popularization

Further reading

• “popularisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012