Where does “mercier” come from?

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

mercier (Old French): to thank

Definitions

  1. to thank

Ancestry of “mercier”, step by step

mercier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French merci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmercimercy; clemency
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

via Old French er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencher—

Words derived from “mercier”

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