Where does “Marktmacht” come from?
Marktmacht (German) comes from German Markt, from Middle High German market, from Old High German marchāt, from Late Latin marcatus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Marktmacht (German): market power the ability of a firm to raise and maintain price above the level that would prevail under competition
Definitions
- market power the ability of a firm to raise and maintain price above the level that would prevail under competition
Ancestry of “Marktmacht”, step by step
Marktmacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Markt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Markt | market; market town |
| 2 | Middle High German | market | market |
| 3 | Old High German | marchāt | market |
| 4 | Late Latin | marcatus | — |
| 5 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via German macht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | macht | third-person singular present of machen;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | maht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | maht | might |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |