decommercialize

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verb

To make not commercial.

OriginEnglish commercialize ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli →
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Meanings

verbdecommercialize (third-person singular simple present decommercializes, present participle decommercializing, simple past and past participle decommercialized)

present singular third person decommercializes · participle present decommercializing · participle past decommercialized · past decommercialized

  1. transitiveTo make not commercial.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Italic*merks
  13. Latinmerx
  14. Latincommercium
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Late Latincommerciāli
  18. Frenchcommercia
  19. Englishcommercial
  20. Englishcommercialize
  21. Englishdecommercialize

From de- + commercialize.

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APA

decommercialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decommercialize

MLA

“decommercialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decommercialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decommercialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decommercialize.

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