Where does “mercantilismo” come from?

mercantilismo (Italian) comes from Italian mercantile, from Italian mercante, from Latin mercans, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercantilismo (Italian): mercantilism

Definitions

  1. mercantilism

Ancestry of “mercantilismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmercantilemerchant; mercantile, commercial
2Italianmercantemerchant, dealer, trader, monger
3Latinmercanstrading
4LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
5Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
6Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercantilismo”

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