Where does “mercaderia” come from?

mercaderia (Catalan) comes from Catalan mercader, 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.

mercaderia (Catalan): business, trade

Definitions

  1. business, trade

Ancestry of “mercaderia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmercadermerchant
2Catalanmercatmarket
3Old Catalanmercat—
4Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →
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