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Where does “mercārī” come from?
mercārī (Latin) comes from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.
Ancestry of “mercārī”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
merx
merchandise, commodity; goods, wares
2
Proto-Italic
*merks
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Words derived from “mercārī”
mercabilis
mercable
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