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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”

  • merchant
  • mercantile
  • merchantman
  • mercantilism
  • mercantilist
  • merchantability
  • merchantable
  • unmerchantable
  • winemerchant
  • mercantilistic
  • neomercantilism
  • merchantry
  • nonmerchant
  • nonmerchantable
  • merchantlike
  • merchantess
  • merchantableness
  • unmerchantability
  • submerchantable
  • mercantilely
  • merchantly
  • sleaze-merchant
  • merchantwoman
  • mercanteggiamento
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