commercially

commercially

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
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 *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English commercially

    From commercial + -ly.

    Adverb

    commercially (comparative more commercially, superlative most commercially)

    1. In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce.
      • 1979 July 2, “Outdoors: Northeast Spearfishing”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
        Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.

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