Where does “marcau” come from?

marcau (Romansch) comes 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.

marcau (Romansch): city

Definitions

  1. city

Ancestry of “marcau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmarcatus—
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

Words derived from “marcau”

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