Commodifiable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Referencing something that can be made into a commodity suitable for purchase or sale and holds market value
2. Characterizing items or concepts that may be turned into goods for exchange in the economy
3. Able to be transformed into a product that can be bought or sold in a marketplace

Etymology: "Commodifiable" is a straightforward formation: it combines "commodify" with the suffix "-able", meaning "capable of being". The verb "commodify" was itself built from "commodity" with the suffix "-fy", which comes from Latin "-ficare" and means "to make into" or "to turn into". So the word literally means "capable of being made into a commodity." The base word "commodity" traces to Latin "commoditas", which meant "convenience" or "advantage", and it reached English through Anglo-Norman and Middle English "commoditee". Its root lies in "commodus", "suitable" or "convenient", a compound of "com-" and "modus", "measure". The sense of a tradeable good came later, so "commodity" once meant something closer to fitness or advantage than to merchandise.

Synonyms: marketable, tradeable

Antonyms: non-commodifiable