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Where does “jārmarket” come from?

jārmarket (Middle High German) comes from Old High German jarmarkat, 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.

Ancestry of “jārmarket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanjarmarkat—
2Old High Germanmarchāt—
3Late Latinmarcatus—
4Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “jārmarket”

  • ярмарка
  • я́рмарка
  • jarmark
  • йәрминкә
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →