feminize (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[feminize 词源字典]
1650s, "make feminine or womanish," from Latin femina "woman, a female" (see feminine) + -ize. Related: Feminized; feminizing. Femalize (1670s, intransitive, 1709, transitive) and femininize (1868) are more rare.[feminize etymology, feminize origin, 英语词源]