Etymology of the English word marketplace
the English word
marketplacederived from the English word
marketderived from the North French word
marketderived from the Latin root
*marcatusderived from the Latin word
mercatus (gathering for the purposes of commerce, market; fair)
derived from the Latin word
mercari (trade; buy)
derived from the Latin word
merx (commodity; merchandise, goods)
derived from the English word
placeUsage
Word found in Modern English