Home › Words › N › normanizenormanizenormanize means to convert to the language or culture of Normandy.EtymologyFrom Norman + -ize.verbTo convert to the language or culture of Normandy.e.g.“Out of gratitude for this large inheritance, or in compliance with the fashion of that day to Normanize, the Saxon lords of Ruby thence assumed the appellation of Nevill.” — 1825, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Annual Report of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries, page 29:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).