Where does “™” come from?
™ (Translingual) comes from English TM, from English trademark, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “™”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | TM | Initialism of Turing machine; Initialism of trans... |
| 2 | English | trademark | Distinctive, characteristic, signature; A word,... |
| 3 | English | Mark | Abbreviation of Markarian |
| 4 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 5 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 6 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |