Where does “marketer” come from?
Marketer derives from English market, via Latin mercatus (a trading place) and mercātor (a merchant), ultimately from Proto-Italic merk- meaning goods or merchandise.
marketer (English): One who designs and executes marketing campaigns;...
Definitions
- One who designs and executes marketing campaigns;...
Ancestry of “marketer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | market | A gathering of people for the purchase and sale... |
| 2 | Middle English | market | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | markaðr | market |
| 4 | Old Saxon | markat | — |
| 5 | Latin | marcātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “marketer”