Where does “mercenaire” come from?

mercenaire (French) comes from Latin mercēnārius, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercenaire (French): mercenary

Definitions

  1. mercenary

Ancestry of “mercenaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercēnāriushired for pay
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercenaire”

Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →