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      ghettoize
      verb
      put in a ghetto
      Roots
      ghettoghetto- · Italian · segregated quarterizein-ize · Greek · to make into
      Synonyms for ghettoize
      segregatevisolatevsecludevinsulatev
      Words related to ghettoize
      ghettoizationnghettosnnonghettoresegregatevresegregationnsegregativeadjisolativeadjnonsegregationnmarginalizevisolatableadjostracizevsegregationndesegregatevisolationnunsegregatedadjbalkanizingvinsularityngentrifyvantisegregationncompartmentalizevsegregationalbanlieuebiracialismnseparatenessnreconfinenonsegregatedadjconfinevunconfinableadjsegregantadjconfinableadj

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      The word ghettoize breaks down into 2 roots of Italian and Greek origin: ghetto, from Italian ghetto (“segregated quarter”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make into”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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