Where does “Mercado” come from?

Mercado (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Mercado, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Mercado (Tagalog): most associated with several people

Definitions

  1. most associated with several people

Ancestry of “Mercado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMercadomarket
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →