English Explanatory Dictionary

merchandiser

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade.
  2. An arcade machine which dispenses prizes to winners.

Word forms

merchandiser merchandisers

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English marchaundisen English merchandise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English merchandiser From merchandise + -er.

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