Where does “merceant” come from?

merceant (Old French) comes from Latin mercans, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

merceant (Old French): merchant; seller; vendor

Definitions

  1. merchant; seller; vendor

Ancestry of “merceant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercanstrading
2LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercor →