Where does “mart” come from?

mart (English) comes from Middle Dutch mart, from Old Dutch markat, from Latin marcātus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mart (English): A market; A bargain; To buy or sell in, or as in...

Definitions

  1. A market; A bargain; To buy or sell in, or as in...

Ancestry of “mart”, step by step

mart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch mart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmart—
2Old Dutchmarkat—
3Latinmarcātus—
4Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Latin Mārs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMārsMars god of war
2Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “mart”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →