industrialize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *dó univ. Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó Old Latin endo Latin indu Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō ? Latin industrius Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin industrialbor. French industrie French -iel French industriel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French industrialiserbor. English industrialize Borrowed from French industrialiser.

1. To develop industry; to become industrial.
2. To organize along industrial lines.