Where does “mercuur” come from?

mercuur (Dutch) comes from Latin Mercurius, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercuur (Dutch): early type of newspaper/magazine, from the...

Definitions

  1. early type of newspaper/magazine, from the...

Ancestry of “mercuur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMercuriusMercury; a Roman god associated with speed and...
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin Mercurius →