Where does “merci” come from?

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

merci (Old French): mercy; clemency

Definitions

  1. mercy; clemency

Ancestry of “merci”, step by step

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

Words derived from “merci”

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