- stabilize (v.)
[stabilize 词源字典]
- 1861, originally of ships; probably a back-formation from stability, or else from French stabiliser. Related: Stabilized; stabilizing. Earlier verbs in the same sense were stabilitate (1640s) and simple stable (v.) "make steady or firm, make stable" (c. 1300), from Old French establir.[stabilize etymology, stabilize origin, 英语词源]