English
standardize
From standard + -ize.
A compound of standard + -ize
Frankish *standahard
Old French estandart ‘gathering place’
Middle English standard ‘a standard’
English standard
Today it means
verb American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “standardize”. 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 / standardize