marchié

Old French

Alternative forms

• markiet, market (Old Northern French)
• marchiet (early Old French)

Etymology

From Latin mercātus.

Noun

marchié oblique singular, m (oblique plural marchiez, nominative singular marchiez, nominative plural marchié)

1. 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.

Descendants

• French: marché
• Norman: marchi (Jersey, Guernsey)
• → Middle English: market
  • English: market (see there for further descendants)