Etymograph

English

informatization

Informatization may come from French informatisation.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentinformatisationuncertain
  2. Englishtodayinformatization

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentinformatisationuncertain
  2. Englishtodayinformatization

Equivalent to information + -ization

Latin fōrma

…

Latin īnfōrmō ‘to form, give shape to’

Latin īnfōrmātiō ‘formation, conception; education’

Anglo-Norman informacioun

Middle English enformacioun

English information

The story

Probably borrowed from French informatisation.

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / French informatisation / informatization