futurize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English future

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English futurize

From future + -ize.

Verb

futurize (third-person singular simple present futurizes, present participle futurizing, simple past and past participle futurized)

1. (transitive) To bring into the future or make state of the art; modernize.
2. (transitive, grammar) To bring into the future tense.

Related terms

• futurization