1848, "arrange alphabetically," from alphabet + -ize. The older verb was simply alphabet (1700). From 1854 as "express by alphabetic letters." Related: Alphabetized; alphabetizing.
Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages
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alpha
alphabet
alphabetical
alphabetization
alphabetize
alphanumeric
Alphonso
Alpine
Alps
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