verb
Balkanize (to break up a region)
Related: balcanización
Etymology tree Spanish Balcanes Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōlbor. Old Spanish -izar Spanish -izar Spanish balcanizar From Balcanes + -izar.