Where does “mercyer” come from?

mercyer (Middle French) comes from Old French mercier, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercyer (Middle French): to thank

Definitions

  1. to thank

Ancestry of “mercyer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmercierto thank
2Old Frenchmercimercy; clemency
3Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →
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