English
tranquilize
Tranquilize comes from Middle French tranquiliser.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tranquiliser
- Englishearliest quotation 1748tranquilize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tranquiliser
- Englishearliest quotation 1748tranquilize
Earliest quotation: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter I: “Seest thou not, that this unseasonable gravity is admitted…”
Formed from tranquil + -ize
Every English word from Middle French tranquiliser
Today it means
verb To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French tranquiliser / tranquilize