Where does “mercare” come from?
mercare (Asturian) comes from Asturian mercar, from Vulgar Latin mercare, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.
mercare (Asturian): inflection of mercar:
## first/third-person...
Definitions
- inflection of mercar:
## first/third-person...
Ancestry of “mercare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Asturian | mercar | to buy |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mercare | second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | mercor | I trade, deal, sell |
| 4 | Latin | merx | merchandise, commodity; goods, wares |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *merks | — |