thematicization
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thematic + -ization or thematicize + -ation.
Noun
[edit]thematicization (countable and uncountable, plural thematicizations)
- (Indo-European linguistics) Insertion of a thematic vowel on the root or stem of the word to make it undergo one of the productive vocalic inflections.
Usage notes
[edit]The term is used both for proto-language, i.e. Proto-Indo-European where the most common thematic vowel was *o, and for daughter languages which had inflections on other vowels.