Etymograph

English

traumatize

Traumatize comes from French traumatiser ‘to traumatise’, and goes back to traumat(isme).

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttraumat(isme)
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttraumatiser‘to traumatise’
  3. Englishtodaytraumatize

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttraumat(isme)
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttraumatiser‘to traumatise’
  3. Englishtodaytraumatize

Today it means

verb To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.

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

Etymograph / French traumat(isme) / traumatize