Where does “mercader” come from?

mercader (Catalan) comes from Catalan mercat, from Old Catalan mercat, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mercader (Catalan): merchant

Definitions

  1. merchant

Ancestry of “mercader”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmercatmarket
2Old Catalanmercat—
3Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mercader”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →