English → Latin
“commodity” in Latin
commoditāstimeliness; fitness, aptness; conveniencecommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyopportūnitāsconvenience, fitness; opportunity, chance; advantageēmolumentumeffort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit, gain, profitlucrumprofit, advantage; love of gain, avaricefruorto enjoy; to derive pleasure from; to engage (in)quaestusgain, acquisition, profit, advantage; occupation, employment, jobūtilitāsusefulness, utility; expediency; advantagemerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, waresmercēspay, wages, reward; revenue, income; chastisement, punishment, penalty
The English word commodity itself goes back to Latin modus, through commoditās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commodity
What possesses the quality of ease, comfort: commoditas: commodum: opportunitas (convenience):
Profit, commodum: emolumentum (advantage, opposed to incommodum, detrimentum): lucrum, fructus (gain: opposed to damnum): quaestus (gain, which one seeks, profit): utilitas (general term for the use or serviceableness of anything):
Ware or merchandise, merx: Commodities, merces.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commodity?
- The usual Latin words for “commodity” are commoditās, commodus, opportūnitās; also ēmolumentum, lucrum, fruor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.