'commodify' originates from the Latin word 'commodus,' meaning 'convenient' or 'suitable,' combined with the suffix '-ify,' which means 'to make or become.'

'commodus' transformed into the French word 'commodité,' and eventually became the modern English word 'commodity,' from which 'commodify' is derived.

Initially, it meant 'to make suitable for trade,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'turning something into a commodity.'