Where does “hypermarketti” come from?
hypermarketti (Finnish) comes from English hypermarket, from French hypermarché, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
hypermarketti (Finnish): hypermarket
Definitions
- hypermarket
Ancestry of “hypermarketti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hypermarket | A combination of department store and supermarket |
| 2 | French | hypermarché | hypermarket |
| 3 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |