English
flanderize
Back-formation from Flanderization, equivalent to Flander(s) + -ize.
Formed from Flanders + -ize
Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr ‘waterlogged land’
Middle Dutch Vlâendren
Anglo-Norman Flaundre
Middle English Flaundres
English Flanders
Today it means
verb To make into a Flanderization (an increasingly exaggerated or cartoonish character or caricature).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flanderize