'baconize' originates from English, specifically from the noun 'bacon' combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize' (from Greek/Latin via French), where 'bacon' meant the cured pork product and '-ize' meant 'to make or become'.

'baconize' was formed in English by attaching '-ize' to 'bacon'. The noun 'bacon' itself comes from Old French 'bacon', from Medieval Latin 'baconem' (and ultimately from a Germanic root related to 'back' of an animal), while the suffix '-ize' traces to Greek '-izein' via Latin/French usage that produces verbs.

Initially, 'bacon' referred specifically to cured pork; over time, combining it with '-ize' yielded the modern playful/derivative verb sense 'to make into or add bacon', with occasional figurative and technical uses.