submerchantable

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adjective

Below merchantable quality.

OriginEnglish merchantable ← Middle English marchaunt ← Anglo-Norman marchaunt →
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Meanings

adjectivesubmerchantable (comparative more submerchantable, superlative most submerchantable)

comparative more submerchantable · superlative most submerchantable

  1. Below merchantable quality.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Italic*merks
  7. Latinmerx
  8. Latinmercor
  9. Latinmercāns
  10. Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
  11. Middle Englishmarchaunt
  12. Englishmerchant
  13. Englishmerchantable
  14. Englishsubmerchantable

From sub- + merchantable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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