-izēt

izét ízét Izet Latvian Etymology Ultimately from lv la -izāre, itself from lv grc -ίζειν; found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare en -ize, en -ise, fr -iser, Spanish, Portuguese es -izar, it -izzare), de -isieren, ru -изировать). Suffix Usually added to foreign nouns or adjectives to form verbs with the sense "to make (something) be (what is denoted by the original noun or adjective)". Derived terms lv lv suffixes of foreign origin