English
thicketization
From thicket + -ization.
A compound of thicket + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *teg- ‘to cover’
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Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī ‘thick’
Old English þicce ‘thick’
Old English þiccet ‘thicket, growth of dense bushes’
Middle English *thikket
English thicket
Today it means
noun An increase in the numbers of woody plants in a savanna or similar environment.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thicketization”. 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 / thicketization