Where does “upmarket” come from?
Upmarket comes from Middle English up- combined with market, which derives from Latin mercatus, the past participle of mercari, ultimately from Latin merx meaning merchandise or goods.
upmarket (English): Designed for customers with a high income;...
Definitions
- Designed for customers with a high income;...
Ancestry of “upmarket”, step by step
| 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 |