Where does “Sekundärmarkt” come from?
Sekundärmarkt (German) comes from German sekundär, from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Sekundärmarkt (German): secondary market the financial market in which previously issued financial instruments are bought and sold among investors
Definitions
- secondary market the financial market in which previously issued financial instruments are bought and sold among investors
Ancestry of “Sekundärmarkt”, step by step
Sekundärmarkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sekundär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sekundär | secondary; subsidiary |
| 2 | French | secondaire | secondary |
| 3 | Latin | secundārius | second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality |
| 4 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
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 |