Where does “mercé” come from?

mercé (Occitan) comes from Latin merces, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercé (Occitan): thank you

Definitions

  1. thank you

Ancestry of “mercé”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mercé”

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