Where does “mercar” come from?

mercar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin mercare, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercar (Old Portuguese): to trade; to buy

Definitions

  1. to trade; to buy

Ancestry of “mercar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmercaresecond-person singular present active...
2LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “mercar”

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