Where does “commodification” come from?
Commodification comes from English commodity, from Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditas meaning "fitness" or "advantage," ultimately derived from Latin commodus and facio.
commodification (English): The assignment of a commercial value to something...
Definitions
- The assignment of a commercial value to something...
Ancestry of “commodification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commodify | To make something into a commodity, sometimes at... |
| 2 | English | commodity | Anything movable that is bought and sold;... |
| 3 | Middle English | commoditee | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | commoditee | — |
| 5 | Latin | commoditas | timeliness; fitness, aptness; convenience |
| 6 | Latin | commodus | comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful;... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |