Singularize comes from singular (from Latin singularis 'single, alone', from singulus 'one each') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize. The historical chain includes Latin singularis and Latin singulus. Older glosses in the chain include "single, alone" and "one each", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, singularize is best read as suffixal formation and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to make singular or distinguish as unique". English derivatives include singularization; related forms include singular, singularity, singularly, and single. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.