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merchantability

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English merchantability From merchant + -ability.

  1. derived from -ablete English -ability English merchantability From merchant + -ability
  2. derived from marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor
  3. derived from marchauntbor
  4. derived from *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder✻

Definitions

  1. The state of being merchantable.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for merchantability. 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