Where does “market” come from?

market (Middle High German) comes 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.

market (Middle High German): market

Definitions

  1. market

Ancestry of “market”, step by step

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

Words derived from “market”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →