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Where does “mercer” come from?

Mercer comes from Old French mercer, from Latin merz, though the original meaning is uncertain.

mercer (English): A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles,...

Definitions

  1. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles,...

Ancestry of “mercer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmercermerchant, textile merchant
2Old Frenchmerz—
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercer”

  • mercership
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →