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commercial

/kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal/

adjective/kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal/

commercial

Related: centre commercial, commercialement, fonds commercial, guerre commerciale, marque commerciale

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercial Learned borrowing from Late Latin commerciālis. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

noun, masculine/kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal/plural: commerciaux

a salesman, sales representative

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercial Learned borrowing from Late Latin commerciālis. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.