English
fictionalize
From fictional + -ize.
A compound of fiction + -al + fictional
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictional
Today it means
verb To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fictionalize