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Manitize mah-nee tahyz - etymological word composition Noun: Mani Etymology: From German (Manie) - An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire: the passionate urge to have to do something; arabic (mani) = prevention of harm; Greek/ late Latin (Mania), = rage, insanity Suffix: -ize -ise (non-Oxford British spelling) Etymology: From Middle English -isen (“-ise, -ize”), from Old French -iser (“-ize”), from Latin -izāre (“-ize”), from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-itjan, verbal suffix), Old High German -izzen (verbal suffix), Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, the verbs having the sense of "to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective".
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