That store-name (below-hyperlinked to 'a Walmart that'll pay you to shop there') stands on a firm foundation
The name “Walmart” is a portmanteau of “Walton" & "Mart.”
The word "Mart" (also used in K-Mart, Price Mart etc.) is built on ancient words that mean "Market, a |Gathering for Buying & Selling, Place of Sale or Traffic."
The name "Walton" is built on ancient words that mean "|Forest (Wood), Foreigner, Farm-Worker + Town, Hamlet, Farm."
... But I'm still searching—You know anything about how this word developed into 'meaning something different from the meanings traced above'? Comment below!
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I appreciate your comment, and I'll probably approve it & publish it soon (give me about a week before you try to post it again when it doesn't publish immediately ... thanks)