Where does “marchandise” come from?
marchandise (French) comes from French marchand, from Middle French marchand, from Old French marcheant, from Latin mercatans, from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
marchandise (French): merchandise
Definitions
- merchandise
Ancestry of “marchandise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | marchand | merchant; mercantile; seller; vendor; merchant |
| 2 | Middle French | marchand | vendor; seller |
| 3 | Old French | marcheant | seller; vendor |
| 4 | Latin | mercatans | — |
| 5 | Latin | mercatare | — |
| 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 |