vernacularization
English
Etymology
vernacular + -ization
Noun
vernacularization (countable and uncountable, plural vernacularizations)
- The act or process of making vernacular.
- 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:
- Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization, must have met with repugnance, expressed or unexpressed.
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References
- vernacularization in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913