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Where does “marchand” come from?

marchand (French) comes from Middle French marchand, from Old French marcheant, from Latin mercatans, from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

marchand (French): merchant; mercantile; seller; vendor; merchant

Definitions

  1. merchant; mercantile; seller; vendor; merchant

Ancestry of “marchand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmarchandvendor; seller
2Old Frenchmarcheantseller; vendor
3Latinmercatans—
4Latinmercatare—
5Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “marchand”

  • merchand
  • marchante
  • marchandisage
  • marchander
  • marchandise
  • marchand
  • marchanderen
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