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

merchant, dealer, chandler, tradesman

Ancestry of “mercador”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	mercador	—
2	Latin	mercator	merchant, trader; dealer, speculator
3	Latin	-tor	-er
4	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

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