'de-Europeanize' originates from the prefix 'de-' meaning 'remove' or 'reverse', combined with 'Europeanize', which means 'to make European in character or style'.

'Europeanize' transformed from the word 'European', and eventually became the modern English word 'Europeanize' through the addition of the suffix '-ize'.

Initially, it meant 'to remove European characteristics', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.