English

stringize

From string + -ize.

Formed from string + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’

Proto-Germanic *strangiz

Proto-West Germanic *strangi

Old English strenġ

Middle English string

Today it means

verb To convert to, or treat as, a string of text characters.

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Etymograph / stringize