Etymology

commoditize

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Today it means: To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product. Full definition →

English commodity ← Middle English commoditee ← Anglo-Norman commoditee
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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. 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. English todaycommoditize

From commodity + -ize.

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