marchié
Old French
Alternative forms
- markiet, market (Old Northern French)
- marchiet (“early Old French”)
Etymology
From Latin mercātus.
Noun
marchié m (oblique plural marchiez, nominative singular marchiez, nominative plural marchié)
- market; marketplace (place where goods are exchanged, usually for money)
- Uncertain, circa 1200, Unknown, Brifaut:
- Li vilains avoit non Brifaus.
.I. jor en aloit au marchié.- The peasant was called Brifaus
One day he went to the market.
- The peasant was called Brifaus
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Descendants
- French: marché
- Norman: marchi (Jersey, Guernsey)
- → Old English: market
- Middle English: market
- English: market (see there for further descendants)
- Middle English: market