realize (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[realize 词源字典]
1610s, "bring into existence," from French réaliser "make real" (16c.), from Middle French real "actual" (see real (adj.)). Sense of "understand clearly, make real in the mind" is first recorded 1775. Sense of "obtain, amass" is from 1753. Related: Realized; realizing.[realize etymology, realize origin, 英语词源]