Where does “smerciare” come from?

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

smerciare (Italian): to sell, sell off; to push drugs

Definitions

  1. to sell, sell off; to push drugs

Ancestry of “smerciare”, step by step

smerciare 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 Neapolitan merce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitanmerce—

Words derived from “smerciare”

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