Where does “mercar” come from?
mercar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese mercar, from Vulgar Latin mercare, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.
mercar (Galician): to trade; to buy
Ancestry of “mercar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | mercar | to trade; to buy |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mercare | second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | mercor | I trade, deal, sell |
| 4 | Latin | merx | merchandise, commodity; goods, wares |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *merks | — |