Where does “machann” come from?
machann (Haitian Creole) comes from French marchand, from Middle French marchand, from Old French marcheant, from Latin mercatans, from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
machann (Haitian Creole): vendor, trader, dealer
Definitions
- vendor, trader, dealer
Ancestry of “machann”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | marchand | merchant; mercantile; seller; vendor; merchant |
| 2 | Middle French | marchand | vendor; seller |
| 3 | Old French | marcheant | seller; vendor |
| 4 | Latin | mercatans | — |
| 5 | Latin | mercatare | — |
| 6 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |