Words that come from Latin merx

400 words across 44 languages descend from Latin merx — including market, commercial, mercy, commerce, Wednesday, mercury, marketplace, Mercury.

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English (186)

Italian (42)

French (25)

Latin (19)

Catalan (17)

Swedish (16)

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Russian (11)

Dutch (8)

Japanese (5)

Hungarian (5)

Armenian (5)

Irish (4)

Manx (4)

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Albanian (3)

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Georgian (2)

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Crimean Tatar (1)

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