English

kernelize

From kernel + -ize.

Formed from kernel + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

Proto-Germanic *kurną ‘seed, grain, corn’

Proto-West Germanic *kurnil ‘kernel of a nut’

Old English cyrnel ‘a kernel’

Middle English kernel

Today it means

verb To produce, or to undergo kernelization

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

Etymograph / kernelize