Etymology

merchandiser

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Today it means: A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade. Full definition →

English merchandise ← Middle English marchaundisen ← 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. Middle Englishmarchaundisen
  8. Englishmerchandise
  9. English todaymerchandiser

From merchandise + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.