English
pulverization
Pulverization comes from French pulvériser ‘to pulverise’, and goes back to Latin pulvis ‘dust, powder’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvisas pulvis‘dust, powder’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpulverizāre
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpulvériser‘to pulverise’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpulvérisation
- Englishtodaypulverization
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvisas pulvis‘dust, powder’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpulverizāre
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpulvériser‘to pulverise’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpulvérisation
- Englishtodaypulverization
Equivalent to pulverize + -ation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘flour, dust’
film, felt, simple, simply, push, complain, filter, fold, repeal, pulse, flaw, pollen, expel, palate, repel, palpable, palladium, propel, compulsive, palatable, pall, pelt, wallow, polemic, peloton, tuple, pollinate, muffle, palatal, apoplexy, peplum, palp, pillion, interpolate, 63 more
through Latin pulvis ‘dust, powder’
Today it means
noun The act of pulverizing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pulvis / pulverization