Where does “commercial” come from?
Commercial derives from Latin commerciālis, the adjectival form of commercium, meaning trade or business, formed from com- (together) and merx (merchandise).
commercial (English): An advertisement in a common media format,...
Definitions
- An advertisement in a common media format,...
Ancestry of “commercial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | commercial | commercial; a salesman, sales representative |
| 2 | Latin | commerciālis | Of or pertaining to trade or commerce, commercial |
| 3 | Latin | commercium | Trade, traffic, commerce, exchange; Intercourse,... |
| 4 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “commercial”
- commercially
- commercialization
- noncommercial
- commercialism
- commercialize
- infomercial
- uncommercial
- commercialise
- commerciality
- anticommercial
- commercialist
- noncommercially
- precommercial
- semicommercial
- anticommercialism
- overcommercialization
- hypercommercialism
- commercialistic
- decommercialization
- decommercialize
- uncommercially
- mersh
- commercialese
- overcommercialize