Where does “marxant” come from?

marxant (Catalan) comes from Old French marchant, from Latin mercans, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

marxant (Catalan): pedlar

Definitions

  1. pedlar

Ancestry of “marxant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarchant—
2Latinmercanstrading
3LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercor →