nativization
/ˌneɪtɪvʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also nativisation)
noun
1The action, process, or policy of making something native.
2 Linguistics. The process of adapting a loan word to the phonetic structure of the native language; the process of developing a pidgin language into a creole.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Man: a monthly record of anthropological science. From nativize + -ation.
- line of scrimmage
- line of sight
- line of thought
- line of vision
- line one's pocket
- line one's stomach
- line out
- line printer
- liner
- -liner
- liner note
- line score
- lineside
- linesman
- line someone/thing up
- line something out
- line spacing
- line spectrum
- line squall
- line switch
- line-up
- line work
- ling
- -ling
- linga