Where does “calciomercato” come from?

calciomercato (Italian) comes from Italian mercato, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

calciomercato (Italian): the market in buying, selling and transferring professional football players

Definitions

  1. the market in buying, selling and transferring professional football players

Ancestry of “calciomercato”, step by step

calciomercato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mercato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmercatomarket
2Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Italian calcio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalcioa kick; association football, soccer; butt
2New Latincalciumgenitive plural of calx; calcium
3Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
4Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →