thematicization

== English == === Alternative forms === thematicisation === Etymology === From thematic +‎ -ization or thematicize +‎ -ation. === Noun === thematicization (countable and uncountable, plural thematicizations) (Indo-European linguistics) Insertion of a thematic vowel on the root or stem of the word to make it undergo one of the productive vocalic inflections. ==== Usage notes ==== The term is used both for proto-language, i.e. Proto-Indo-European where the most common thematic vowel was *o, and for daughter languages which had inflections on other vowels.