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".
