commoditize
To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
Verb
- To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
- IBM's goal was to commoditize the add-in market, which is a complement of the PC market, and they did this quite successfully.[…] Microsoft's goal was to commoditize the PC market. Very soon, the PC itself was basically...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English commoditize From commodity + -ize.