English word market comes from Old English (ca. 450-1100) market, Old Northern French markiet
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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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 [...] |