topicalisation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English topic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English topical

English -ise

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -isation

English topicalisation

From topical + -isation.

Noun

topicalisation

1. Alternative spelling of topicalization.

Related terms

• topicalise
• topicalised