Where does “market” come from?
market (Finnish) comes from Finnish marketti, from Finnish supermarketti, from English supermarket, from English super-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
market (Finnish): Alternative form of marketti
Definitions
- Alternative form of marketti
Ancestry of “market”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marketti | supermarket or hypermarket |
| 2 | Finnish | supermarketti | supermarket |
| 3 | English | supermarket | A large self-service store that sells groceries... |
| 4 | English | super- | above, over, or upon; superior in size, quality,... |
| 5 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 6 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 7 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |