Etymology

remerchandise

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Today it means: To merchandise again or anew; to remarket. Full definition →

English merchandise ← Middle English marchaundisen ← Old French marcheandise
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Anglo-Normanmarchaundise
  7. Latinmercātus
  8. Vulgar Latin*mercātāntem
  9. Old Frenchmarcheant
  10. Old Frenchmarcheandise
  11. Middle Englishmarchaundise
  12. Middle Englishmarchaundisen
  13. Englishmerchandise
  14. English todayremerchandise

From re- + merchandise.

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