inventorize

English

Alternative forms

• inventorise (mainly British)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English inventory

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English inventorize

From inventory + -ize.

Verb

inventorize (third-person singular simple present inventorizes, present participle inventorizing, simple past and past participle inventorized)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make an inventory of.

Synonyms

• inventory

Derived terms

• uninventorized

Translations

to make an inventory of — see inventory