Where does “marcheandise” come from?

marcheandise (Old French) comes from Old French marcheant, from Latin mercatans, from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

marcheandise (Old French): merchandise goods available for sale

Definitions

  1. merchandise goods available for sale

Ancestry of “marcheandise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarcheantseller; vendor
2Latinmercatans—
3Latinmercatare—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →