pasteurize

PAS-chuh-ryze · verb

Origin

Borrowed from French pasteuriser, itself built from the name of Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, plus the verb-forming suffix -ize.

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The word has named this specific heat-treatment process since it entered English from French.

As a name-plus-suffix formation, it shares its pattern with other -ize verbs built from proper names.

From French

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