Where does “Wertpapiermarkt” come from?
Wertpapiermarkt (German) comes from German Wertpapier, from German papier, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
Wertpapiermarkt (German): securities market a market where financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are traded
Definitions
- securities market a market where financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are traded
Ancestry of “Wertpapiermarkt”, step by step
Wertpapiermarkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wertpapier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wertpapier | security |
| 2 | German | papier | paper material |
| 3 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
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 |