functionalize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiō

Old French fonction

Middle French functionbor.

English function

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English functional

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English functionalize

From functional + -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

functionalize (third-person singular simple present functionalizes, present participle functionalizing, simple past and past participle functionalized)

(transitive) To provide (something) with a function.
(transitive, organic chemistry) To add a functional group to (a compound).
(transitive, programming) To adapt into a form that uses functional programming.

Derived terms