Where does “mercēs” come from?

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

mercēs (Latin): pay, wages, reward

Definitions

  1. pay, wages, reward

Ancestry of “mercēs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
2Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercēs”

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