English Explanatory Dictionary

unmerchantable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is not salable.

Word forms

unmerchantable more unmerchantable most unmerchantable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable English unmerchantable From un- + merchantable.

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