Baskonizev.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Spanish vasconizar ; Latin Vascon- , Vasco , -ize suffix.
Etymology: Either < Spanish vasconizar to make Basque (1905 or earlier; early 17th cent. or earlier in sense ‘to speak Basque’), or perhaps < its ulterior elements post-classical Latin Vascon-, Vasco (see Basque n.) + -ize suffix, in either case with remodelling after Basque n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈBaskonize.
1904 10th Ser. 1 18/2 Castilian voz = voice would be baskonized by boz.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).