Word: nativization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: na
ti
vi
za
tion
Definition: The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
Morphemes:
Affix: native
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nascor
Language: la
Decoded: nascor
Meaning: to be born
Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The result of an action or process