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Where does “marchante” come from?

marchante (Spanish) comes from French marchand, from Middle French marchand, from Old French marcheant, from Latin mercatans, from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

marchante (Spanish): dealing, trading, selling; dealer, trader; art...

Definitions

  1. dealing, trading, selling; dealer, trader; art...

Ancestry of “marchante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarchandmerchant; mercantile; seller; vendor; merchant
2Middle Frenchmarchandvendor; seller
3Old Frenchmarcheantseller; vendor
4Latinmercatans—
5Latinmercatare—
6Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →