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merchantable

adj

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 Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable From merchant + -able.

  1. derived from -able English -able English merchantable From merchant + -able
  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 Old French -ablebor
  3. derived from marchauntbor
  4. derived from *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder✻

Definitions

  1. Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a…

    Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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