Market etymology

English

English word market comes from Old English (ca. 450-1100) market, Old Northern French markiet

Etymology of market

Detailed word origin of market

Dictionary entry Language Definition
market Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang)
markiet Old Northern French (fro-nor)
market Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
market English (en) (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.. (transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.. (transitive) To sell (obsolete) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.. A geographical [...]

Words with the same origin as market

Descendants of markiet

marketing