vernacularization

English

Etymology

vernacular +‎ -ization

Noun

vernacularization (countable and uncountable, plural vernacularizations)

  1. The act or process of making vernacular.
    • 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:
      Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization, must have met with repugnance, expressed or unexpressed.

References
  • vernacularization in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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