Where does “toc emma” come from?
toc emma (English) comes from English TM, from English trademark, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
toc emma (English): Trench mortar
Ancestry of “toc emma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | TM | Initialism of Turing machine; Initialism of trans... |
| 2 | English | trademark | Distinctive, characteristic, signature; A word,... |
| 3 | English | Mark | Abbreviation of Markarian |
| 4 | German | mark | — |
| 5 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 6 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |