Meanings
noundocumercial (plural documercials)
plural documercials
- A documentary formatted and used to sell products.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*dokejō
- Proto-Italic*dokeō
- Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
- Latindoceō
- Latindocumentum
- Frenchdocument
- Frenchdocumentaire
- Englishdocumentary
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Italic*merks
- Latinmerx
- Latincommercium
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latincommerciāli
- Frenchcommercia
- Englishcommercial
- Englishdocumercial
Blend of documentary + commercial.
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APA
documercial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documercial
MLA
“documercial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documercial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “documercial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documercial.
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