traumatize

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
French traumat(isme)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izārelbor.
Old French -iser
French -iser
French traumatiserbor.
English traumatize

    Borrowed from French traumatiser.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/, /ˈtɹaʊ.mə.taɪz/
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    Verb

    traumatize (third-person singular simple present traumatizes, present participle traumatizing, simple past and past participle traumatized)

    1. (transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
    2. (transitive, psychiatry) To cause a trauma in.
      I was traumatized by a childhood experience.

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