English
slenderize
From slender + -ize.
A compound of slender + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip’
Proto-Germanic *slindraz ‘sliding, slippery’
Middle Dutch slinder ‘thin, lank’
Old French esclendre ‘thin, slender’
Middle English slendre
English slender
Today it means
verb To make more slender.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slenderize”. 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 / slenderize