Etymology

merch

M3E1R1C3H4

Today it means: goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. Full definition →

English merchandiseclip. ← Middle English marchaundise ← Old French marcheandise
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The story

  1. Anglo-Normanmarchaundise
  2. Latinmercātus
  3. Vulgar Latin*mercātāntem
  4. Old Frenchmarcheant
  5. Old Frenchmarcheandise
  6. Middle Englishmarchaundise
  7. Englishmerchandiseclip.
  8. English todaymerch

Clipping of merchandise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.