Where does “マーキュリー” come from?

マーキュリー (Japanese) comes from English Mercury, from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

マーキュリー (Japanese): Synonym of 水銀

Definitions

  1. Synonym of 水銀

Ancestry of “マーキュリー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMercuryA carrier of tidings; a newsboy, a messenger;...
2Middle EnglishMercurieMercury Roman god
3LatinMercuriusMercury; a Roman god associated with speed and...
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin Mercurius →