Where does “commoditization” come from?
Commoditization comes from English commodity plus the suffix -ation, from Old French -ation, Latin -atio, derived from Latin commoditas meaning "fitness" or "advantage," from Latin commodus meaning "suitable," ultimately from Latin modus meaning "measure" and Proto-Indo-European med-.
commoditization (English): The transformation of something into a commodity
Definitions
- The transformation of something into a commodity
Ancestry of “commoditization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commoditize | To transform into a commodity, particularly of an... |
| 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 |