Etymology

promodizer

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Today it means: a merchandiser who promotes products Full definition →

English merchandiser ← Middle English marchaundisen ← Old French marcheandise
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmoveō
  11. Latinprōmoveō
  12. Late Latinprōmotiō
  13. Old Frenchpromocion
  14. Englishpromotion
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishpromotional
  18. Anglo-Normanmarchaundise
  19. Latinmercātus
  20. Vulgar Latin*mercātāntem
  21. Old Frenchmarcheant
  22. Old Frenchmarcheandise
  23. Middle Englishmarchaundise
  24. Middle Englishmarchaundisen
  25. Englishmerchandise
  26. Englishmerchandiser
  27. English todaypromodizer

Blend of promotional + merchandiser.

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