Etymology

commodify

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Today it means: To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English commodity
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincom-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  8. Proto-Italic*medos
  9. Latinmodus
  10. Latincommodus
  11. Latincommoditās
  12. Anglo-Normancommoditee
  13. Middle Englishcommoditee
  14. Englishcommodity
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Italic*θakos
  17. English todaycommodify

From commodity + -ify.

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