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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-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “mercador”

  • mercadoria
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →