English
heathenize
From heathen + -ize.
Formed from heathen + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *kay-t-os ‘forest, wasteland, pasture’
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Proto-Germanic *haiþīnaz ‘heathen, pagan’
Proto-West Germanic *haiþin
Old English hǣþen ‘pagan, heathen’
Middle English hethen ‘heathen, pagan’
English heathen
Today it means
verb To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heathenize