Etymograph

English

inferiorize

From inferior + -ize.

Formed from inferior + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér-o-s

Proto-Italic *enðeros ‘low’

Latin īnferus ‘below, underneath’

Latin īnferior ‘lower in situation or place’

English inferior

Today it means

verb To make or treat as inferior.

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

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