grammaticalize English

Meaning grammaticalize meaning

What does grammaticalize mean?

grammaticalize verb

— (transitive) To make grammatical.

— (linguistics, transitive) To integrate into a system of grammar; to make (something such as a constraint) an element or rule of grammar, to cause (something) to be required by grammar.

— (linguistics, transitive) To cause (a word, a suffix, etc) to undergo grammaticalization.