Where does “marci” come from?

marci (Champenois) comes from Old French merci, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

marci (Champenois): thanks

Definitions

  1. thanks

Ancestry of “marci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmercimercy; clemency
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →