Etymograph

English

fundamentalize

From fundamental + -ize.

Formed from fundamental + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘deep’

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Latin fundō ‘to lay the foundation, to found’

Latin fundāmentum ‘foundation’

Late Latin fundāmentālis ‘foundation’

Middle English foundamental

English fundamental

Today it means

verb To make fundamental.

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

Etymograph / fundamentalize