English
grammaticalization
Grammaticalization comes from French grammaticalisation.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrammaticalisation
- Englishtodaygrammaticalization
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrammaticalisation
- Englishtodaygrammaticalization
Formed from grammatical + -ization
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ
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Latin grammaticus ‘of or belonging to grammar’
Latin grammatica ‘grammar, philology’
Latin grammaticālis
Middle French grammatical
English grammatical
The story
From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical + -ization.
Every English word from French grammaticalisation
Today it means
noun The process of making grammatical.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French grammaticalisation / grammaticalization