## Etymology
Calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time.

## AI Etymology
Privatization is a calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time. The historical chain includes prīvātus (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antiprivatization, deprivatization, and self-privatization and related forms such as privatize. In present use it covers the transfer of a company or service from government to private ownership.

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