myEtymology.com: English etymology of e-commerce

Etymology of the English word e-commerce

the English word e-commerce

derived from the English word e-

derived from the English word commerce

derived from the French word commerce

derived from the Latin word commercium (exchange, trafficking; goods; trade, traffic, commerce)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word merx (commodity; merchandise, goods)

The earliest known usage of e-commerce in English dates from the 20th century.

Word found in Modern English