English

Incoterm

Blend of international + commerce + term, a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Latin commercium ‘trade’

Middle French commerce

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘stump’

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Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ‘boundary stone’

Latin terminus ‘a bound’

Old French terme

Middle English terme

English term

The story

Blend of international + commerce + term, a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

noun Any of a series of international sales terms that divide transaction costs and responsibilities between the buyer and seller.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Incoterm