Cocainization
/ˌkoʊ.keɪ.ɪnəˈzeɪ.ʃən/noun
The act or process of treating or affecting with cocaine.
Did you know?Cocaine’s name ultimately comes from the coca plant, and the plant-name itself likely traces back to an Andean indigenous word for the shrub long before modern chemistry gave it a dangerous new life.
Etymological Timeline
Quechua (pre-Columbian)
Quechua
kuka
“the coca plant”
16th Century
Spanish
coca
“coca, the Andean plant”
19th Century
French/English
cocaïne / cocaine
“the alkaloid extracted from coca leaves”
Late 19th Century
English
cocainize
“to treat or affect with cocaine”
19th–20th Century
English
cocainization
“the process or act of cocainizing”