Where does “mercer” come from?

mercer (Old French) comes from Old French merz, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercer (Old French): merchant, textile merchant

Definitions

  1. merchant, textile merchant

Ancestry of “mercer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmerz—
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Old French merz →