Where does “mercadotecnia” come from?

mercadotecnia (Galician) comes from Galician mercado, from Old Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mercadotecnia (Galician): marketing (the promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service)

Definitions

  1. marketing (the promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service)

Ancestry of “mercadotecnia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmercadomarketplace; market
2Old Portuguesemercado—
3Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →