English
tabooize
From taboo + -ize.
Formed from taboo + -ize
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu
Proto-Oceanic *tabu
Proto-Polynesian *tapu
Tongan tapu ‘prohibited, sacred’
English taboo
Today it means
verb To make (something) taboo.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tabooize”. 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 / tabooize