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

Definitions

  1. market

Ancestry of “merkadu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemercadomarket
2Old Portuguesemercado—
3Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-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 →