Where does “commodityism” come from?
commodityism (English) comes from English commodity, from Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditas, from Latin commodus, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
commodityism (English): The adoption of special legislation for specific commodities such as cotton or tobacco
Definitions
- The adoption of special legislation for specific commodities such as cotton or tobacco
Ancestry of “commodityism”, step by step
commodityism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commodity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commodity | Anything movable that is bought and sold;... |
| 2 | Middle English | commoditee | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | commoditee | — |
| 4 | Latin | commoditas | timeliness; fitness, aptness; convenience |
| 5 | Latin | commodus | comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful;... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |