Where does “commercial” come from?

commercial (French) comes from Latin commerciālis, from Latin commercium, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

commercial (French): commercial; a salesman, sales representative

Definitions

commercial; a salesman, sales representative

Ancestry of “commercial”, step by step

commercial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin commerciālis

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	commerciālis	Of or pertaining to trade or commerce, commercial
2	Latin	commercium	Trade, traffic, commerce, exchange; Intercourse,...
3	Latin	com-	allomorph of con-
4	Latin	con-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
5	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
6	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
7	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
8	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
9	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10	Middle English	kyt	—
11	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
12	Old High German	kuti	—
13	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
14	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin
15	Proto-Indo-European	gʷet-	resin, gum; to say, speak
16	Proto-Indo-European	gū-	to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Late Latin commercialis

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Late Latin	commercialis	Of or pertaining to trade or commerce, commercial

Words derived from “commercial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →