Where does “merced” come from?

merced (Old Spanish) comes from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

Ancestry of “merced”, step by step

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

Words derived from “merced”

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