Etymology

commercialize

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Today it means: To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only). Full definition →

English commercial ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli
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The story

  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. Englishcommercial
  14. English todaycommercialize

From commercial + -ize.

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