Where does “merceria” come from?

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

merceria (Italian): haberdashery, haberdasher's

Definitions

  1. haberdashery, haberdasher's

Ancestry of “merceria”, step by step

merceria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mercé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmercérecompense; merit; help, mercy, grace
2Italianmercederecompense; merit; pity
3Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—

via Catalan mercer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmercermercer

Words derived from “merceria”

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