Now, don't get me started on "verbizing" nouns. (this previous sentence is an example: "verb" is a noun turned into a verb by adding "-ing").
Good lord, man, you've been away from grammar school for far too long. You learned about (wholly 'legitimate') gerunds in middle if not elementary school:
Gerund: a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing, eg,
asking in
Do you mind my asking you?Not to mention (so to speak) the vast number of nouns ending in -ing that are only thought of and used as nouns not derived from verbs — eg, being, meaning, feeling, ...
ad nauseam.
By the bye, your example is not on point: You've actually added the suffix
-ize, turning the noun into a verb, prior to turning it into a gerund.
