vernacularization

English

Etymology

From 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.