Where does “mercēnārius” come from?

mercēnārius (Latin) comes from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercēnārius (Latin): hired for pay

Definitions

  1. hired for pay

Ancestry of “mercēnārius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercēnārius”

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