English
southernization
From southern + -ization.
Formed from southern + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’
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Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ‘south, southern’
Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz ‘southern’
Old English sūþerne ‘southern’
Middle English southerne
English southern
Today it means
noun The process of southernizing.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “southernization”. 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 / southernization