Etymograph

English

Floridization

From Florida + -ization (suffix denoting the act, process, or result of doing something).

Formed from Florida + -ization

Latin floridus ‘flowery’

Spanish florida ‘flowery’

English Florida

The story

Sense 2 (‘phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages’) refers to the sizable number of retirees who settle in the US state.

Today it means

noun The process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Floridization