'decommodify' originates from the prefix 'de-' meaning 'remove' and the word 'commodify', which comes from 'commodity', derived from Latin 'commoditas', meaning 'convenience'.

'commoditas' transformed into the French word 'commodité', and eventually became the modern English word 'commodity'. The prefix 'de-' was added to form 'decommodify'.

Initially, 'commoditas' meant 'convenience', but over time it evolved into the concept of a 'marketable item', and 'decommodify' now means to remove that marketability.