commercialization

noun
/kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/UK/kəˌmɝʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/CA/kəˌmɜːʃəlɑɪˈzæɪʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Late Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Late Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Late Latin -ium Late Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English commercialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English commercialization From commercialize + -ation or commercial + -ization.

  1. derived from commercium
  2. derived from commercialis
  3. borrowed from commercial
  4. suffixed as commercialize — “commercial + ize
  5. suffixed as commercialization — “commercialize + -ation

Definitions

  1. The act of commercializing.

    • Near-synonym: productization
    • Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for commercialization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA