Where does “mercature” come from?
mercature (English) comes from Latin mercatura, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.
mercature (English): commerce; traffic; trade
Ancestry of “mercature”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mercatura | trade, commerce; goods, merchandise |
| 2 | Latin | mercor | I trade, deal, sell |
| 3 | Latin | merx | merchandise, commodity; goods, wares |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *merks | — |