commercialization

commercialization

English

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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.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /kəˌmɜːʃələˈzeɪʃən/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˌmɝʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /kəˌmɝʃələˈzeɪʃən/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˌmɜːʃəlɑɪˈzæɪʃən/, /kəˌmɜːʃələˈzæɪʃən/

    Noun

    commercialization (countable and uncountable, plural commercializations)

    1. The act of commercializing.
      Near-synonym: productization
      • 2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 20 June 2025:
        Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.

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