Anglification

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of adapting words, phrases, or names from other languages into English usage and form; the modification of language elements to resemble or fit English pronunciation, spelling, or style; the transformation of foreign terms so they are more easily understood by English speakers
2. The act of converting or modifying non-English words, expressions, or texts to align with English linguistic norms; the adaptation of language features to English phonetics or orthography; the assimilation of foreign lexical items into standard English usage
3. The procedure by which terms from other tongues are changed to conform to English language patterns; the shifting of sounds, spellings, or structures to appear more English; the integration of foreign linguistic material into the English language system

Etymology: "Anglification" is a plain formation: the Latin "Anglus", meaning "Englishman" (and by extension "English"), combined with the suffix "-ification", which turns a stem into a noun for the process of making something into that thing. Anglicus and Anglus come from the name of the Angles, the Germanic people whose name also gave England its name, so the word ties a modern process back to a tribe whose own name was turned into a country's. The suffix does most of the work. "-ify" forms verbs meaning "to make into" (as in "simplify" or "beautify"), and "-ation" turns that verb into a process noun, so "anglification" is literally the act of making something English. Because the base is a Latinized form rather than the native English word "English", the term sounds more learned than a plain phrase like "making English", which is typical of formations built on Latin stems.