Where does “ecommerce” come from?
ecommerce (English) comes from English commerce, from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium, from Latin cōn-, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
ecommerce (English): Alternative form of e-commerce
Definitions
- Alternative form of e-commerce
Ancestry of “ecommerce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | commerce | The exchange or buying and selling of... |
| 2 | Middle French | commerce | — |
| 3 | Latin | commercium | Trade, traffic, commerce, exchange; Intercourse,... |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |