'metricalize' originates from English combining the adjective 'metrical' and the verb-forming suffix '-ize', where 'metrical' ultimately comes from Greek 'metron' meaning 'measure' and '-ize' comes from Greek '-izein' via Latin and French.

'metricalize' was formed in modern English from 'metrical' + '-ize'; 'metrical' itself comes from Late Latin 'metricus' and Greek 'metrikos', which derive from Greek 'metron', and the productive suffix '-ize' entered English via Latin and Old French adaptations.

Initially, elements meant 'measure' (from 'metron') and 'to make or become' (from '-ize'); together they evolved into the verb meaning 'to make something conform to a metrical pattern.'