Where does “mercimonio” come from?

mercimonio (Italian) comes from Latin mercimonium, from Latin -monium, from Proto-Indo-European -monyom, from Proto-Indo-European -mō — Creates agent nouns from verbs.

mercimonio (Italian): trafficking (illicit trade)

Definitions

  1. trafficking (illicit trade)

Ancestry of “mercimonio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercimoniumgoods, wares, merchandise
2Latin-moniumForms collective nouns and nouns designating...
3Proto-Indo-European-monyom
4Proto-Indo-European-mōCreates agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mōEvery word from Latin -moniumEvery word from Latin mercimonium