Where does “metamarket” come from?
metamarket (English) comes from English market, from Middle English market, from Old Norse markaðr, from Old Saxon markat, from Latin marcātus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
metamarket (English): A group of businesses that offer products that...
Definitions
- A group of businesses that offer products that...
Ancestry of “metamarket”, step by step
metamarket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English market
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | market | A gathering of people for the purchase and sale... |
| 2 | Middle English | market | A market periodic public assembly for buying or selling |
| 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 |