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Where does “mercatare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mercatare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mercatare”

  • merchand
  • mercatantem
  • mercatans
  • marchante
  • marchandisage
  • marchander
  • marchand
  • marchandise
  • marchand
  • marchanderen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →