Etymology

uncommercial

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Today it means: Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable. Full definition →

English commercial ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Italic*merks
  14. Latinmerx
  15. Latincommercium
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Late Latincommerciāli
  19. Frenchcommercia
  20. Englishcommercial
  21. English todayuncommercial

From un- + commercial.

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