Where does “mercedario” come from?

mercedario (Italian) comes from Italian mercede, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercedario (Italian): mercy

Definitions

  1. mercy

Ancestry of “mercedario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmercederecompense; merit; pity
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →