Constitutionalization is from constitutionalize + -ation, from constitutional + -ize, ultimately from Latin constituere ('to set up, establish'), from con- ('together') + statuere ('to set, place'). The ancestry passes through Latin constituere and Latin statuere. The prefix con- adds togetherness, combination, or intensification where the Latin formation gives it that value, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -ation marks an action, process, or result, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the act of embedding something within a constitution or making it constitutional", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include constitution, constitutional, constitutionalize, and constitute.