Etymology

anticommercial

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Today it means: Opposed to commercialism Full definition →

English commercial ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Italic*merks
  13. Latinmerx
  14. Latincommercium
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Late Latincommerciāli
  18. Frenchcommercia
  19. Englishcommercial
  20. English todayanticommercial

From anti- + commercial.

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