makelaar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch makelare. By surface analysis, makelen +‎ -aar, but the verb is thought to be secondary to this noun rather than the other way around (although the details are unclear). Middle Dutch makelare may in fact be borrowed from Middle Low German mēkeler.[1] Compare German Makler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.kəˌlaːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːkəlaːr
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ke‧laar

Noun

makelaar m (plural makelaars, diminutive makelaartje n)

  1. a broker, notably in stocks and other financial products
  2. a real estate agent, broker in immovable property

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Old French: maquerel
  • → French: maquereau
    • → Serbo-Croatian: makro
  • → Indonesian: makelar
  • → Papiamentu: makelar

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “makelaar”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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