grammaticalize


gram·mat·i·cal·ize

G0219350 (grə-măt′ĭ-kə-līz′)tr.v. gram·mat·i·cal·ized, gram·mat·i·cal·iz·ing, gram·mat·i·cal·iz·es To change (a content word) into a function word or a grammatical affix.
gram·mat′i·cal·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.