Where does “mercans” come from?

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

mercans (Latin): trading

Definitions

  1. trading

Ancestry of “mercans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercans”

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