Where does “Mercador” come from?

Mercador (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mercador, from Latin mercator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Mercador (Portuguese): merchant, dealer, chandler, tradesman

Definitions

  1. merchant, dealer, chandler, tradesman

Ancestry of “Mercador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemercador—
2Latinmercatormerchant, trader; dealer, speculator
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “Mercador”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →