In the UK, the -ize spelling is generally attributed to "Americanization", but it’s actually more etymologically correct even for British English. https://en.w

In the UK, the -ize spelling is generally attributed to "Americanization", but it’s actually more etymologically correct even for British English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling (It goes back as far as Shakespeare!)