English
categorize
From category + -ize.
A compound of category + -ize
Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω ‘I accuse’
Ancient Greek κατηγορία ‘charge; head of predicables’
Late Latin catēgoria ‘class of predicables’
Middle French categorie
French catégorie
English category
Today it means
verb To assign a category; to divide into classes.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “categorize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / categorize