Etymology

decommodify

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Today it means: To reject as a commodity; to promote to a status above that of a commodity. Full definition →

English commodify ← Middle English commoditee ← Anglo-Norman commoditee
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincom-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  14. Proto-Italic*medos
  15. Latinmodus
  16. Latincommodus
  17. Latincommoditās
  18. Anglo-Normancommoditee
  19. Middle Englishcommoditee
  20. Englishcommodity
  21. Englishcommodify
  22. English todaydecommodify

From de- + commodify.

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