Etymograph

English

remerchandise

Remerchandise comes from Old French marcheandise ‘merchandise’, from marcheant ‘seller, vendor’, and ultimately from Latin mercātus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercātus1
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*mercātāntem1reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcheant1‘seller, vendor’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcheandise1‘merchandise’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marchaundise1
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marchaundisen1
  7. English1500–presentmerchandise1
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2004remerchandise1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English remerchandise
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Luiz Moutinho, Charles S. Chien: “For example, an unsuccessful men's deodorant was successfully remerchandised…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercātusWiktionary, English remerchandise
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*mercātāntemWiktionary, English remerchandisereconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcheantWiktionary, English remerchandise‘seller, vendor’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcheandiseWiktionary, English remerchandise‘merchandise’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marchaundiseWiktionary, English remerchandise
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marchaundisenWiktionary, English remerchandise
  7. English1500–presentmerchandiseWiktionary, English remerchandise
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2004remerchandiseWiktionary, English remerchandise. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Luiz Moutinho, Charles S. Chien: “For example, an unsuccessful men's deodorant was successfully remerchandised…”

A compound of re- + merchandise

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Italic *merks

…

Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem

Old French marcheant ‘seller, vendor’

Old French marcheandise

Middle English marchaundise ‘commerce, trading’

English merchandise

Linked words

through Latin mercātus

market, mart, 5 more

through Middle English marchaundisen

merchandiser, 3 more

through English merchandise

merch, 3 more

Today it means

verb To merchandise again or anew; to remarket.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “remerchandise”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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