Where does “marcheant” come from?

marcheant (Old French) comes 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.

marcheant (Old French): seller; vendor

Definitions

  1. seller; vendor

Ancestry of “marcheant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercatans—
2Latinmercatare—
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 “marcheant”

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