Where does “mercatans” come from?

mercatans (Latin) comes from Latin mercatare, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “mercatans”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	mercatare	—
2	Latin	mercatus	trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
3	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mercatans”

merchand
marcheant
marchant
marchand
marchant
marcheandise
marchand
marchander
marchandise
marchante
marchand
machann
Marchand
marszand
marchandisage
marchanderen
marchante de arte
marchandage

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →