English
tertiarization
From tertiary + -ization.
Formed from tertiary + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’
Proto-Indo-European *tritós
Proto-Italic *tritios
Latin tertius ‘third’
Latin tertiārius ‘of the third part or rank’
English tertiary
Today it means
noun A shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tertiarization”. 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 / tertiarization