Etymology

commercial

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Today it means: An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television. Full definition →

French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Italic*merks
  7. Latinmerx
  8. Latincommercium
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Late Latincommerciāli
  12. Frenchcommercia
  13. English todaycommercial

From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

Words from the same roots

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commerce

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