Where does “merkadu” come from?
merkadu (Tetum) comes from Portuguese mercado, from Old Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
merkadu (Tetum): market
Ancestry of “merkadu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | mercado | market |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mercado | — |
| 3 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |