English
secularize
From secular + -ize.
A compound of secular + -ize
Proto-Italic *saiklom
Latin saeculum ‘race, breed’
Latin saeculāris ‘of the age’
Old French seculer
Middle English seculer
English secular
Today it means
verb To make secular.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “secularize”. 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 / secularize