Word Origin Summary

Χαρακτηρίζω is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• charakterisieren

  German · derived from

• характеризувати

  Ukrainian · derived from

• characterize

  English · derived from

• karakterisoida

  Finnish · derived from

• charakteryzować

  Polish · derived from

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