merchandise的词源

英文词源

merchandise (n.): mid-13c., "trading, commerce;" mid-14c., "commodities of commerce, wares, articles for sale or trade," from Anglo-French marchaundise, Old French marcheandise "goods, merchandise; trade, business" (12c.), from marchaunt "merchant" (see merchant).
merchandise (v.): also merchandize, "to buy and sell; to market," late 14c.; see merchant + -ize. Meaning "promote the sale of goods" is from 1926. Related: Merchandising; merchandizing.

来自merchant,商人。引申词义商品，商品销售，销售。

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词根词缀： merch(-merc-)商 + and(d→t, -ant)名词词尾 + -ise