Where does “mjestarina” come from?

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

mjestarina (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 “mjestarina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmjȅstoplace (location, position)
2Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city
Every word from Proto-Slavic město →Every word from Serbo-Croatian mjȅsto →