Where does “TM” come from?
TM is an English abbreviation of trademark, which derives from English trade and Middle English mark, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mereg- meaning boundary or edge.
TM (English): Initialism of Turing machine; Initialism of trans...
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- Initialism of Turing machine; Initialism of trans...
Ancestry of “TM”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trademark | Distinctive, characteristic, signature; A word,... |
| 2 | English | Mark | Abbreviation of Markarian |
| 3 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 4 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 5 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |