Where does “Terminmarkt” come from?
Terminmarkt (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.
Terminmarkt (German): futures market, derivatives market a financial market where participants buy and sell commodity and futures contracts for delivery on a specified future date
Definitions
- futures market, derivatives market a financial market where participants buy and sell commodity and futures contracts for delivery on a specified future date
Ancestry of “Terminmarkt”, step by step
Terminmarkt 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 Termin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Termin | date; deadline; delivery date |
| 2 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 4 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 5 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |