Etymograph

English

digitize

From digit + -ize.

A compound of digit + -ize

Latin digitus ‘a digit, number’

Middle English digit

English digit

Today it means

verb To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “digitize”. 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 / digitize