Where does “mestarina” come from?

mestarina (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mȅsto, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.

mestarina (Serbo-Croatian): stallholder fee (a fee paid to run a stall at a farmers market)

Definitions

  1. stallholder fee (a fee paid to run a stall at a farmers market)

Ancestry of “mestarina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmȅstoplace location, position
2Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city
Every word from Proto-Slavic městoEvery word from Serbo-Croatian mȅsto