English

marbleize

From marble + -ize.

A compound of marble + -ize

Ancient Greek μάρμαρος ‘anything made of marble’

Latin marmor ‘a block or piece of marble’

Old French marbre ‘marble (stone)’

Middle English marble

Today it means

verb To make (something) look like marble; to marble.

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

Etymograph / marbleize