randomize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der.

Proto-Germanic *rinnaną

Proto-West Germanic *rinnan

Frankish *randijubor.

Old French randirder.

Old French randonbor.

Middle English randoun

English randon

English random

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 randomize

From random + -ize.

Verb

randomize (third-person singular simple present randomizes, present participle randomizing, simple past and past participle randomized)

1. US and Oxford British English standard spelling of randomise.

Derived terms

• derandomize
• nonrandomizing
• prerandomize
• pseudorandomize
• randomizable
• randomizer
• rerandomize

Anagrams

• Romanized, romanized

Portuguese

Verb

randomize

1. inflection of randomizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative